Prevention and self-treatment of travelers' diarrhea

Primary Care - Clinics in Office Practice

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 843-855

  Diemert, David J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; ATROPINE PLUS DIPHENOXYLATE; AZITHROMYCIN; BISMUTH SALICYLATE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLIOQUINOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; LEVOFLOXACIN; LOPERAMIDE; MACROLIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SALICYLIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CANDIDA; CLOSTRIDIUM; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FLUID THERAPY; FOOD SAFETY; GASTROENTERITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LACTOBACILLUS; MELENA; NEUROTOXICITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; REVIEW; REYE SYNDROME; SELF CARE; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; TINNITUS; TONGUE; TRAVEL; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA; VERTIGO; XEROSTOMIA;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIDIARRHEALS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; SELF CARE; TRAVEL;

EID: 0036957348     PISSN: 00954543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0095-4543(02)00034-9     Document Type: Review

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