Evaluation of diarrhea in the returned traveler

Primary Care - Clinics in Office Practice

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 931-945

  Kolars, Joseph C ^a   Fischer, Philip R ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALBENDAZOLE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DIIODOHYDROXYQUIN; IVERMECTIN; METRONIDAZOLE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PAROMOMYCIN; PRAZIQUANTEL; TETRACYCLINE; TIABENDAZOLE; TINIDAZOLE;

CLINICAL FEATURE; CYCLOSPORA; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVALUATION; HELMINTH; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA;

EID: 0036947575     PISSN: 00954543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0095-4543(02)00036-2     Document Type: Article

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