Travelers' diarrhea

Advances in Therapy

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 519-527

  Leung, Alexander K C ^a,c   Robson, William Lane M ^a   Davies, H Dele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Antimotility agent; Contaminated food; Escherichia coli; Oral rehydration; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; BISMUTH SALICYLATE; CHOLERA VACCINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; LOPERAMIDE; NORFLOXACIN; ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAXIMIN; STOMACH SECRETION INHIBITOR;

AGE; DEHYDRATION; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUID BALANCE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAIRY TONGUE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; INCIDENCE; PERSONAL HYGIENE; REVIEW; REYE SYNDROME; SANITATION; TINNITUS; TOXIC MEGACOLON; TRAVEL; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA; TYPHOID FEVER; VACCINATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER CONTAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DYSENTERY; FLUID THERAPY; FOOD CONTROL;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIDIARRHEALS; CLINICAL TRIALS; DYSENTERY; FLUID THERAPY; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; TRAVEL;

EID: 33750988200     PISSN: 0741238X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02850040     Document Type: Review

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