Acute Infectious Diarrhea in Immunocompetent Adults
- 17 April 2014
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in The New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 370 (16), 1532-1540
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmra1301069
Abstract
In the United States, there are approximately 179 million cases of acute diarrhea per year. This update on the diagnosis and management of acute diarrhea in immunocompetent adults gives particular attention to the roles of noroviruses and Clostridium difficile.Keywords
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