An update on management of severe acute infectious gastroenteritis in children

Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 671-682

  Oryan, Miguel ^a   Lucero, Yalda ^b   O'Ryan Soriano, Miguel A ^b   Ashkenazi, Shai ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dehydration; Gastroenteritis; Gastroenteritis treatment; Rotavirus infection; Severe diarrhea

Indexed keywords

ACETORPHAN; AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHOLERA VACCINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DIIODOHYDROXYQUIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FURAZOLIDONE; GENTAMICIN; METOCLOPRAMIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; NALIDIXIC ACID; NITAZOXANIDE; ONDANSETRON; ORNIDAZOLE; PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ROTAVIRUS VACCINE; SECNIDAZOLE; SILICON DIOXIDE; TINIDAZOLE; ZINC;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ACUTE INFECTIOUS GASTROENTERITIS; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; INTESTINE INTUSSUSCEPTION; LABORATORY TEST; MALNUTRITION; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS; VOMITING;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; DIARRHEA; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; PARASITIC DISEASES; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 77953248871     PISSN: 14787210     EISSN: 17448336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/eri.10.40     Document Type: Review

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