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Assessment of Acute Diarrhoea - Related Resources

Cochrane reviews

Fluoroquinolones appear to have similar effects on clinical and microbiological failure as other antibiotics in the treatment of typhoid and paratyphoid fever. Studies on children are few Fluoroquinolones for Treating Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever (Enteric Fever)

Other evidence summaries

Faecal lactoferrin may be the most accurate test for identification of inflammatory bacterial diarrhoea, but this result was based on a small number of patients Faecal Screening Tests for Acute Infectious Diarrhoea.

Literature

DuPont HL. Clinical practice. Bacterial diarrhea. N Engl J Med 2009 Oct 15;361(16):1560-9. [PubMed]
Glass RI, Parashar UD, Estes MK. Norovirus gastroenteritis. N Engl J Med 2009 Oct 29;361(18):1776-85. [PubMed]
Mintz ED, Guerrant RL. A lion in our village--the unconscionable tragedy of cholera in Africa. N Engl J Med 2009 Mar 12;360(11):1060-3. [PubMed]

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