Abstract

Risk and aetiology of diarrhoea at various tourist destinations

von Sonnenburg F, Tornieporth N, Waiyaki P, Lowe B, Peruski LF, DuPont HL, Mathewson JJ, Steffen R
Lancet. 2000;356

Permenent descriptor

Almost two of three tourists developed traveller's diarrhoea during 2-week stays at high-risk destinations. Large differences in infection rates between hotels were seen. Patients with milder forms of diarrhoea show a similar chronology to those more severely affected. Although enterotoxigenic Escherichia coil was the most frequent cause, viral pathogens were detected more often than in other studies.