The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Enterotoxigenic Escherichia Coli: A Revised and Updated Directory for the Internet Age

Overview......Page 12
Scope......Page 14
Moving Forward......Page 15
PART I: THE ESSENTIALS......Page 18
Overview......Page 20
What Illness Does ETEC Cause?......Page 22
How Is Infection with ETEC Treated?......Page 23
What Can Be Done to Prevent Infection with ETEC?......Page 24
What Can You Do to Prevent ETEC Infection?......Page 25
More Guideline Sources......Page 26
Vocabulary Builder......Page 29
Associations and Enterotoxigenic Escherichia Coli......Page 32
Finding Doctors......Page 34
Working with Your Doctor......Page 36
Broader Health-Related Resources......Page 38
PART II: ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND ADVANCED MATERIAL......Page 40
Federally Funded Research on Enterotoxigenic Escherichia Coli......Page 42
E-Journals: PubMed Central......Page 46
The National Library of Medicine: PubMed......Page 48
Vocabulary Builder......Page 50
Book Summaries: Online Booksellers......Page 54
The National Library of Medicine Book Index......Page 55
General Home References......Page 58
Vocabulary Builder......Page 59
Bibliography: Multimedia on Enterotoxigenic Escherichia Coli......Page 60
Vocabulary Builder......Page 62
PART III. APPENDICES......Page 64
Food and Nutrition: General Principles......Page 66
Finding Studies on Enterotoxigenic Escherichia Coli......Page 71
Federal Resources on Nutrition......Page 72
Vocabulary Builder......Page 73
Preparation......Page 76
Medical Libraries Open to the Public......Page 77
Your Rights as a Patient......Page 84
Patient Responsibilities......Page 88
Choosing an Insurance Plan......Page 89
Medicare and Medicaid......Page 91
NORD's Medication Assistance Programs......Page 94
Additional Resources......Page 95
ONLINE GLOSSARIES......Page 98
Online Dictionary Directories......Page 99
ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI GLOSSARY......Page 100
General Dictionaries and Glossaries......Page 107
INDEX......Page 109