Epidemiology, Risk Factors and Treatments for Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea

Digestive Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 292-307

  McFarland, L V ^a,b  

^a Service de Pharmacologie   (France)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic complications; Antibiotic associated diarrhea; Clostridium difficile; Diarrhea, risk factors; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CROSS INFECTION; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MICROBIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032152205     PISSN: 02572753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000016879     Document Type: Review

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