Diarrhées infectieuses d'importation : diagnostic étiologique

Traveler's diarrhea is the most frequent illness while traveling in tropical countries. It is usually acquired through ingestion of fecally contaminated food or water. Etiological agents are mainly bacteria : enterotoxic Escherichia coli (40 %), Shigella (15 %), whereas viruses and parasites ar...

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Autores principales: Godineau, Nadine, Hamane, Samia, Chaplain, Chantal, Blondel, Patrice
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Published by Elsevier Masson SAS 2000
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7148762/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0338-9898(00)80432-1
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Sumario:Traveler's diarrhea is the most frequent illness while traveling in tropical countries. It is usually acquired through ingestion of fecally contaminated food or water. Etiological agents are mainly bacteria : enterotoxic Escherichia coli (40 %), Shigella (15 %), whereas viruses and parasites are only responsible for 15 to 20 % of traveler's diarrhea. This litterature review reports the physiopathological mecanisms, the major epidemiological events and the most usual laboratory techniques to reach the diagnosis.

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