Traveler's Diarrhea

Med Clin North Am. 2016 Mar;100(2):317-30. doi: 10.1016/j.mcna.2015.08.017.

Abstract

Traveler's diarrhea (TD) is the most common travel-related illness, and it can have a significant impact on the traveler. Pretravel consultation provides an excellent opportunity for the clinician to counsel the traveler and discuss strategies such as food and water hygiene, vaccinations, and medications for prophylaxis or self-treatment that may decrease the incidence and impact of TD. Postinfectious sequelae, such as postinfectious irritable bowel syndrome, reactive arthritis, and Guillain-Barre syndrome, may develop weeks or months after return.

Keywords: Antibiotic prophylaxis; Diarrhea; Epidemiology; Probiotics; Risk factors; Travel.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Antibiotic Prophylaxis
  • Antidiarrheals / therapeutic use
  • Arthritis, Reactive / etiology
  • Bismuth / therapeutic use
  • Dehydration / prevention & control
  • Diarrhea / etiology
  • Diarrhea / prevention & control*
  • Female
  • Fluid Therapy
  • Foodborne Diseases / complications
  • Guillain-Barre Syndrome / etiology
  • Humans
  • Immunocompromised Host
  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome / etiology
  • Organometallic Compounds / therapeutic use
  • Pregnancy
  • Probiotics / therapeutic use
  • Risk Factors
  • Salicylates / therapeutic use
  • Travel Medicine*
  • Travel*
  • Vaccines
  • Waterborne Diseases / complications

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Antidiarrheals
  • Organometallic Compounds
  • Salicylates
  • Vaccines
  • bismuth subsalicylate
  • Bismuth