The role of nutrition in diarrhoea syndromes

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 563-567

  Meier, Rémy ^a   Burri, Emanuel ^a   Steuerwald, Michael ^a  

^a Kantonsspital Liestal   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diarrhoea; Nutrition; Prebiotics; Probiotics; Zinc

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; GUAR GUM; PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT; STARCH; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VSL 3; ZINC; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; AEROMONAS; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY FIBER; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; META ANALYSIS; NUTRITION; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PLESIOMONAS; RADIATION ENTEROPATHY; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES BOULARDII; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TUBE FEEDING; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; MALE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CYAMOPSIS TETRAGONOLOBA; LACTOBACILLUS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; DIARRHEA; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; PROBIOTICS; ZINC;

EID: 1542676030     PISSN: 13631950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00075197-200309000-00010     Document Type: Review

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