Case 19-2011: A 4-year-old Haitian boy with vomiting and diarrhea

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 364, Issue 25, 2011, Pages 2452-2461

  Harris, Jason B ^a,c   Ivers, Louise C ^b,c   Ferraro, Mary Jane ^a,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; GLUCOSE; ISOTONIC SOLUTION; NALIDIXIC ACID; ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION; RINGER LACTATE SOLUTION; SULFANILAMIDE DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHOLERA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HAITI; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; IRRITABILITY; LETHARGY; MALE; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; SKIN TURGOR; TACHYCARDIA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VOMITING; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIC; FLUID THERAPY; GENETICS; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLERA; DEHYDRATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMICS; FLUID THERAPY; HAITI; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VOMITING;

EID: 79959488112     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcpc1100927     Document Type: Article

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