TY - JOUR
T1 - Traveler's diarrhea due to intestinal protozoa
AU - Okhuysen, P. C.
N1 - Funding Information:
Financial support: US Environmental Protection Agency (CR-819814 and CR-824759), National Institutes of Health (R01 AI 41735-01 and RR-02558); US Food and Drug Administration (FD-U-001621-01).
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - Intestinal protozoa account for a minority of cases of acute traveler's diarrhea, but they are common pathogens in travelers who experience protracted diarrhea during or after travel. Evaluation of the traveler with chronic diarrhea should include a careful examination for typical infecting organisms, such as Giardia and Entamoeba species, as well as for emerging parasites, such as Cryptosporidium species, Cyclospora species, and microsporidia. The microbiology, epidemiology, clinical presentation, and treatment of the most common intestinal parasites found in travelers are presented in this minireview.
AB - Intestinal protozoa account for a minority of cases of acute traveler's diarrhea, but they are common pathogens in travelers who experience protracted diarrhea during or after travel. Evaluation of the traveler with chronic diarrhea should include a careful examination for typical infecting organisms, such as Giardia and Entamoeba species, as well as for emerging parasites, such as Cryptosporidium species, Cyclospora species, and microsporidia. The microbiology, epidemiology, clinical presentation, and treatment of the most common intestinal parasites found in travelers are presented in this minireview.
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U2 - 10.1086/320894
DO - 10.1086/320894
M3 - Short survey
C2 - 11389503
AN - SCOPUS:0034992495
SN - 1058-4838
VL - 33
SP - 110
EP - 114
JO - Clinical Infectious Diseases
JF - Clinical Infectious Diseases
IS - 1
ER -