Gastrointestinal infections in the pediatric population

Current Opinion in Gastroenterology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 36-44

  Szajewska, Hania ^a   Dziechciarz, Piotr ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Gastroenteritis; Guidelines; Rotavirus; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

ACETORPHAN; ACTIVATED CARBON; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BISMUTH SALICYLATE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; NITAZOXANIDE; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; ROTAVIRUS VACCINE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; DIPHTHERIA; FLUID THERAPY; GASTROENTERITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; PERTUSSIS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; POLIOMYELITIS; REVIEW; TETANUS; VACCINATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIEMETICS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROBIOTICS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ROTAVIRUS VACCINES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACCINATION;

EID: 74249099259     PISSN: 02671379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOG.0b013e328333d799     Document Type: Review

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