Gastric acid suppression does not promote clostridial diarrhoea in the elderly

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 175-181

  Shah, S ^a   Lewis, A ^b   Leopold, D ^b   Dunstan, F ^a   Woodhouse, K ^a,c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MORRISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c LLANDOUGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; LACTULOSE; MACROLIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; STOMACH SECRETION INHIBITOR; TRIMETHOPRIM; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH ACID SECRETION;

EID: 0034054649     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/93.3.175     Document Type: Article

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