Infectious diarrhea in the elderly

Gastroenterology Clinics of North America

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 625-635

  Slotwiner Nie, Peter K ^a   Brandt, Lawrence J ^a,b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; AGED; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ELDERLY CARE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION CONTROL; MORTALITY; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NURSING HOME; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; REVIEW; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0034830222     PISSN: 08898553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-8553(05)70202-8     Document Type: Article

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