Epidemiology and Self‐Treatment of Travelers' Diarrhea in a Large, Prospective Cohort of Department of Defense Beneficiaries | Zendy

Tahaniyat Lalani | Zendy; Jason D. Maguire | Zendy; Edward M. Grant | Zendy; Jamie Fraser | Zendy; Anuradha Ganesan | Zendy; Mark D. Johnson | Zendy; Robert Deiss | Zendy; Mark S. Riddle | Zendy; Timothy Burgess | Zendy; David R. Tribble | Zendy

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Epidemiology and Self‐Treatment of Travelers' Diarrhea in a Large, Prospective Cohort of Department of Defense Beneficiaries

Author(s) -

Tahaniyat Lalani,

Jason D. Maguire,

Edward M. Grant,

Jamie Fraser,

Anuradha Ganesan,

Mark D. Johnson,

Robert Deiss,

Mark S. Riddle,

Timothy Burgess,

David R. Tribble

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

journal of travel medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.985

H-Index - 59

eISSN - 1708-8305

pISSN - 1195-1982

DOI - 10.1111/jtm.12179

Subject(s) - medicine , diarrhea , prospective cohort study , traveler's diarrhea , irritable bowel syndrome , incidence (geometry) , confidence interval , epidemiology , cohort , cohort study , self medication , antibiotics , pediatrics , psychiatry , physics , microbiology and biotechnology , optics , biology

Infectious diarrhea is a common problem among travelers. Expert guidelines recommend the prompt use of antibiotics for self-treatment of moderate or severe travelers' diarrhea (TD). There is limited data on whether travelers follow these self-treatment guidelines. We evaluated the risk factors associated with TD, the use of TD self-treatment, and the risk of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) during travel.

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