Antibiotic associated diarrhea in children

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 491-496

  Alam, Seema ^a   Mushtaq, Mudasir ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antibiotic associated diarrhea; C. difficile associated diarrhea; Children; Pseudomembranous colitis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BILE ACID SEQUESTRANT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B; CLOXACILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; ISOPENICILLIN N; LEVOFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE; MOXIFLOXACIN; NYSTATIN; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN V; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC ASSOCIATED DIARRHEA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; DIARRHEA; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPSIS; TISSUE CULTURE; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DIARRHEA; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; HUMANS; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 66949160435     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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