Effect of adjunctive loperamide in combination with antibiotics on treatment outcomes in traveler's diarrhea: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1007-1014

  Riddle, Mark S ^a   Arnold, Sarah ^b   Tribble, David R ^b  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; LEVOFLOXACIN; LOPERAMIDE; OFLOXACIN; RIFAXIMIN;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER; DATA EXTRACTION; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DIARRHEA; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; LOPERAMIDE; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 53349171985     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/591703     Document Type: Article

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