Clinical outcomes in household contacts of patients with cholera in Bangladesh

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1473-1479

  Weil, Ana A ^a   Khan, Ashraful I ^a   Chowdhury, Fahima ^a   LaRocque, Regina C ^b,c   Faruque, A S G ^a   Ryan, Edward T ^b,c   Calderwood, Stephen B ^b,c   Qadri, Firdausi ^a   Harris, Jason B ^b,d  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Department of Medicine ^*

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BANGLADESH; BLOOD GROUP O; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CHOLERA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLERA; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECTUM; SERUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72849123201     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/644779     Document Type: Article

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