Whether to take cephalosporin or amoxicillin for enteritis needs to be based on the comprehensive judgment of whether bacterial infection, stool culture and drug sensitivity test. Enteritis is an acute or chronic inflammation of the intestinal mucosa caused by a variety of reasons. Depending on the specific conditions of enteritis, different treatment methods can be chosen. For bacterial enteritis, quinolone antibiotics such as levofloxacin and norfloxacin can be chosen. Cephalosporins can also be used, usually second- or third-generation cephalosporins, such as cefotaxime, ceftriaxone, ceftazidime and so on. Amoxicillin is more effective for infections of the respiratory tract, urinary system, etc. It is not the drug of choice for the treatment of enteritis, but it can be used. The specific choice of which antibiotic, need to carry out stool culture and drug sensitivity test, choose sensitive antibiotics for treatment. When taking antibiotics for enteritis, it is generally recommended to stop the medication as soon as possible after the acute gastroenteritis infection is controlled, so as not to cause intestinal flora disorders. Suffering from enteritis should go to the hospital in time for treatment, for bacterial infections caused by enteritis to choose different antibiotics, do not blindly self-medication, to comply with the doctor’s instructions for medication.