Action of colloidal bismuth hydroxide gel and its commercial cream on enteropathogens and colonizers of the gastrointestinal tract

Background: Acute diarrheal diseases constitute a world public health problem because they are the second cause of death in children under 5 years of age. Colloidal bismuth hydroxide gel (CBHG) is an active ingredient in low-cost, antidiarrhetic drugs for oral use; it does not inhibit intestinal mot...

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Main Authors: Tomás Subils, Cecilia Casabonne, Agustina González, Virginia Aquili, Claudia E Balagué
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:Journal of Global Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.jgid.org/article.asp?issn=0974-777X;year=2018;volume=10;issue=4;spage=206;epage=211;aulast=Subils