[header] How to treat children with ulcerative colitis [title] Talk to your doctor about putting your child on a course of antibiotics. [step] Antibiotics are used for treating infections that aggravate the inflammation in the intestinal linings. The medications include metronidazole and ciprofloxacin. 
Upon proper laboratory tests, the cause of infection can be determined and the doctor can prescribe the proper antibiotic. [substeps] If the cause of the infection is anaerobic bacteria (single-celled bacteria that thrive in environments with less oxygen), then metronidazole will be prescribed.