Etiology of traveller's diarrhea in Spanish travellers to developing countries
| Autor: | Josep Vidal, Luna Ruiz, M.T. De Anta Jimenez, Manuel Corachán, Jordi Vila, Valls Me, Guillem Prats, Joaquim Gascon |
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| Rok vydání: | 1993 |
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Diarrhea Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Epidemiology medicine.drug_class Antibiotics Pathogenic Escherichia coli Internal medicine parasitic diseases medicine Animals Humans Helminths Child Developing Countries Aged Travel Protozoan Infections biology business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Bacterial Infections Middle Aged biology.organism_classification Surgery Spain Virus Diseases Cohort Etiology Female medicine.symptom business human activities |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Epidemiology. 9:217-223 |
| ISSN: | 1573-7284 0393-2990 |
| Popis: | A cohort of 337 Spanish travellers to developing countries is presented. They all consulted us for traveller's diarrhea (TD). Bacteriological, parasitological and virological examinations were performed. A bacterial cause was found in 61.65% of travellers. Toxigenic and classical pathogenic Escherichia coli strains were the main bacterial agents. In comparison with other studies, Spanish travellers harboured Y. enterocolitica and EPEC organisms as a cause of TD. G. lamblia and E. histolytica were the most frequently isolated protozoa. Helminths were found in only 9 patients. No rotavirus infections were diagnosed. Previous antibiotic treatment had been taken by 161 patients. The percentage of isolated enteropathogens was similar in travellers who had previously taken antibiotic treatment and those who had not. |
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