Clostridium difficile infection after malaria chemoprophylaxis with doxycycline: Is there an association?

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 243-245

  Neuberger, Ami ^a   Schwartz, Eli ^b  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chemoprophylaxis; Clostridium; Diarrhea; Doxycycline; Malaria

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CASE REPORT; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ALBENDAZOLE; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIMALARIALS; BRAZIL; CHILE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; DOXYCYCLINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA; TRAVEL;

EID: 80054795781     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: 18730442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2011.06.006     Document Type: Article

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