Mechanisms of drug induced diarrhoea in the elderly

Drugs and Aging

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 245-253

  Ratnaike, Ranjit N ^a   Jones, Terry E ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ANTACID AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AURANOFIN; BACITRACIN; BICARBONATE; BILE SALT; BISACODYL; CHENODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; CHLORIDE ION; COLCHICEINE; CYCLIC AMP; DIGOXIN; GOLD SALT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; LACTULOSE; MAGNESIUM TRISILICATE; METRONIDAZOLE; MISOPROSTOL; NEOMYCIN; OLSALAZINE; PENICILLAMINE; POTASSIUM ION; SECRETORY IMMUNOGLOBULIN; SODIUM ION; SORBITOL; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

AGING; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLITIS; DIARRHEA; ELECTROLYTE TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; INTESTINE CELL; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE MOTILITY; OSMOSIS; PRIMARY IMMUNE RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; REVIEW; STOMACH ACID; SUPERINFECTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRUS INFECTION; WATER TRANSPORT;

AGED; AGING; DIARRHEA; HUMANS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS;

EID: 0031709501     PISSN: 1170229X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00002512-199813030-00007     Document Type: Review

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