Management of travellers' diarrhoea

Drugs

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 73-81

  Caeiro, Juan Pablo ^a   DuPont, Herbert L ^b,c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MC 1 164 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; LOPERAMIDE; MINERAL WATER; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAXIMIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VACCINE;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; DEHYDRATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DYSENTERY; FEVER; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LEISURE; PARASITOSIS; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA; VIRUS INFECTION;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; TRAVEL;

EID: 0031824852     PISSN: 00126667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00003495-199856010-00007     Document Type: Review

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