J E Ward's scientific contributions

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A retrospective study on the treatment of diarrhea in a U.S. Air Force Wing deployed to Egypt during Operation Desert Storm was conducted. Two groups of patients were compared for treatment efficacy. One group was treated with norfloxacin 800 mg as a single dose with the onset of symptoms. The other group was treated conservatively. The group treat...

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... Infectious diarrhea (ID) is the greatest cause of pediatric mortality worldwide, resulting in nearly 1.8 million deaths every year (Figure 2) reported decreased performance for up to 3 days and 20% stated that they were temporarily unable to carry out their duties for a median of up to 2 days due to diarrhea symptoms. (42,(98)(99)(100)(101)(102)(103)(104)(105)(106)(107)(108)(109)(110)(111)(112)(113)(114)(115) Infectious diarrhea affects nearly 5 million adults per year as they travel to countries of the developing world (116)(117)(118) and is a significant cause of veterinary mortality. Campylobacter jejuni, Salmonella species, followed by a variety of less prevalent sources. ...