Management of Antibiotics-Associated Diarrhea
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Mechanisms and management of antibiotic-associated diarrhea.
Only 10%-20% of all cases of antibiotic-associated diarrhea (AAD) are caused by infection with Clostridium difficile. Other infectious organisms causing AAD include Clostridium perfringens, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella oxytoca, Candida species, and Salmonella species. Most of the clinically mild AAD cases are due to functional disturbances of intestinal carbohydrate or bile acid metabolism...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1598-9992
DOI: 10.4166/kjg.2009.54.1.5