Traveler's diarrhea

References

Key articles

Riddle MS, Connor BA, Beeching NJ, et al. Guidelines for the prevention and treatment of travelers' diarrhea: a graded expert panel report. J Travel Med. 2017 Apr 1;24(suppl 1):S57-74.Full text  Abstract

De Bruyn G, Hahn S, Borwick A. Antibiotic treatment for travellers' diarrhoea. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2000;(3):CD002242.Full text  Abstract

Johnson PC, Ericsson CD, DuPont HL, et al. Comparison of loperamide with bismuth subsalicylate for the treatment of acute travelers' diarrhea. JAMA. 1986 Feb 14;255(6):757-60. Abstract

Reference articles

1. Riddle MS, Connor BA, Beeching NJ, et al. Guidelines for the prevention and treatment of travelers' diarrhea: a graded expert panel report. J Travel Med. 2017 Apr 1;24(suppl 1):S57-74.Full text  Abstract

2. Shah N, DuPont HL, Ramsey DJ. Global etiology of travelers' diarrhea: systematic review from 1973 to the present. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2009 Apr;80(4):609-14. Abstract

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4. Barrett J, Brown M. Travellers' diarrhoea. BMJ. 2016 Apr 19;353:i1937. Abstract

5. Ashbaugh HR, Early JM, Johnson ME, et al. A Multisite Network Assessment of the Epidemiology and Etiology of Acquired Diarrhea among U.S. Military and Western Travelers (Global Travelers' Diarrhea Study): A Principal Role of <i>Norovirus</i> among Travelers with Gastrointestinal Illness. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2020 Nov;103(5):1855-1863.Full text  Abstract

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19. DuPont HL, Ericsson CD, Johnson PC, et al. Prevention of traveler's diarrhea by the tablet formulation of bismuth subsalicylate. JAMA. 1987 Mar 13;257(10):1347-50. Abstract

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21. Connor BA, Riddle MS. Post-infectious sequelae of travelers' diarrhea. J Travel Med. 2013 Sep-Oct;20(5):303-12.Full text  Abstract

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26. De Bruyn G, Hahn S, Borwick A. Antibiotic treatment for travellers' diarrhoea. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2000;(3):CD002242.Full text  Abstract

27. Kantele A, Lääveri T, Mero S, et al. Antimicrobials increase travelers' risk of colonization by extended-spectrum betalactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae. Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Mar 15;60(6):837-46.Full text  Abstract

28. Connor BA, Keystone JS. Antibiotic self-treatment of travelers' diarrhea: helpful or harmful? Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Mar 15;60(6):847-8.Full text  Abstract

29. US Food & Drug Administration. FDA Drug Safety Communication: FDA advises restricting fluoroquinolone antibiotic use for certain uncomplicated infections; warns about disabling side effects that can occur together. 12 May 2016 [internet publication].Full text

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33. Johnson PC, Ericsson CD, DuPont HL, et al. Comparison of loperamide with bismuth subsalicylate for the treatment of acute travelers' diarrhea. JAMA. 1986 Feb 14;255(6):757-60. Abstract

34. Riddle MS, Arnold S, Tribble DR. Effect of adjunctive loperamide in combination with antibiotics on treatment outcomes in traveler's diarrhea: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Oct 15;47(8):1007-14.Full text  Abstract

35. Riddle MS, Sanders JW, Putnam SD, et al. Incidence, etiology, and impact of diarrhea among long-term travelers (US military and similar populations): a systematic review. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2006 May;74(5):891-900.Full text  Abstract

36. US Food & Drug Administration. FDA reinforces safety information about serious low blood sugar levels and mental health side effects with fluoroquinolone antibiotics; requires label changes. 10 July 2018 [internet publication].Full text

37. Nee J, Salley K, Ludwig AG, et al. Randomized clinical trial: Crofelemer treatment in women with diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome. Clin Transl Gastroenterol. 2019 Dec;10(12):e00110.Full text  Abstract

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39. Guo Q, Goldenberg JZ, Humphrey C, et al. Probiotics for the prevention of pediatric antibiotic-associated diarrhea. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2019 Apr 30;(4):CD004827.Full text  Abstract

40. Pérez-Gaxiola G, Cuello-García CA, Florez ID, et al. Smectite for acute infectious diarrhoea in children. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2018 Apr 25;4:CD011526.Full text  Abstract

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