Prevention and Management of Travelers' Diarrhea

Disease-a-Month

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 289-302

  Kamat, Deepak ^a   Mathur, Ambika ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETORPHAN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; ATROPINE PLUS DIPHENOXYLATE; AZITHROMYCIN; BISMUTH SALICYLATE; CEFIXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; FURAZOLIDONE; GLUCOSE; LEVOFLOXACIN; LOPERAMIDE; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION; PROBIOTIC AGENT; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAXIMIN; SALMONELLOSIS VACCINE;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ABNORMAL FECES; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEHYDRATION; DIET THERAPY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ENTERITIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LACTOBACILLUS; NORWALK GASTROENTERITIS VIRUS; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTOTOXICITY; REYE SYNDROME; RISK FACTOR; SELF MEDICATION; TINNITUS; TONGUE DISEASE; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; XEROSTOMIA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIDIARRHEALS; CHEMOPREVENTION; DIARRHEA; DIET; HUMANS; REHYDRATION SOLUTIONS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; TRAVEL;

EID: 33749535855     PISSN: 00115029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.disamonth.2006.08.003     Document Type: Article

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