Focus on acute diarrhoeal disease

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 27, 2009, Pages 3341-3348

  Baldi, Fabrio ^a   Bianco, Maria Antonia ^a   Nardone, Gerardo ^a   Pilotto, Alberto ^a   Zamparo, Emanuela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antidiarrhoeal drugs; Diarrhoea; Efficacy; Elderly patients; Enkephalinase inhibitor; Racecadotril; Secretory diarrhoeas; Tolerability; Traveller's diarrhoea

Indexed keywords

ACETORPHAN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHOLERA VACCINE; CLONIDINE; CODEINE; COLESTYRAMINE; DIPHENOXYLATE; HEPATITIS A VACCINE; ISPAGULA; LOPERAMIDE; MORPHINE; OCTREOTIDE; TYPHOID VACCINE; ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT;

ABDOMINAL SWELLING; ACUTE DIARRHEA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMEBIASIS; BLOATING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHOLERA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONSTIPATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG USE; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; METEORISM; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PATHOGENESIS; REHYDRATION; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SHIGELLOSIS; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA; VACCINATION; ACUTE DISEASE; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ANTIDIARRHEALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIARRHEA; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 70349581770     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.15.3341     Document Type: Review

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