From Travelers' Diarrhea to Abdominal Surgery: Report of Three Cases

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 117-119

  Caumes, Eric ^a   Ménégaux, Fabrice ^a   Hoang, Catherine ^a   Duhem, Cecile ^a   Bricaire, François ^a   Chigot, Jean Paul ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; LOPERAMIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; TIEMONIUM IODIDE;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CECUM; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE PERFORATION; MALE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1942508908     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7060.2004.17077     Document Type: Article

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