Aetiology, epidemiology, and management of traveller's diarrhoea

Reviews and Research in Medical Microbiology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 73-78

  Gascón, Joaquim ^a   Corachán, Manuel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Epidemiology; Management; Traveller's diarrhoea

Indexed keywords

ACETORPHAN; AZITHROMYCIN; BISMUTH SALICYLATE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; LOPERAMIDE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAXIMIN; VACCINE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; LACTOBACILLUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHYDRATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SACCHAROMYCES BOULARDII; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA;

EID: 0242301132     PISSN: 0954139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00013542-200307000-00001     Document Type: Review

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