TY - JOUR
T1 - Prevention and Treatment of Traveler's Diarrhea
AU - Cesarman, Gabriela
AU - Cesarman, Ethel
AU - Lagos, Georgina
AU - Osterholm, Michael T.
AU - Hedberg, Craig W.
AU - Macdonald, Kristine L.
AU - Meyers, Alan
AU - Dupont, Herbert L.
AU - Ericsson, Charles D.
PY - 1993/11/18
Y1 - 1993/11/18
N2 - To the Editor: As Mexicans, we would like to offer another perspective on the recent article on traveler's diarrhea by DuPont and Ericsson (June 24 issue).1 Though it is true that Moctezuma (not Montezuma) can strike travelers with a vengeance, travel to the empire to the north is not entirely risk-free. On the basis of considerable anecdotal evidence, we can say that travelers from differently developed countries who enter the United States are frequently affected by diarrhea within a week of arrival, with at least three unformed stools per day for two to five days, accompanied by abdominal cramps and…
AB - To the Editor: As Mexicans, we would like to offer another perspective on the recent article on traveler's diarrhea by DuPont and Ericsson (June 24 issue).1 Though it is true that Moctezuma (not Montezuma) can strike travelers with a vengeance, travel to the empire to the north is not entirely risk-free. On the basis of considerable anecdotal evidence, we can say that travelers from differently developed countries who enter the United States are frequently affected by diarrhea within a week of arrival, with at least three unformed stools per day for two to five days, accompanied by abdominal cramps and…
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM199311183292122
DO - 10.1056/NEJM199311183292122
M3 - Letter
C2 - 8413493
AN - SCOPUS:0027527863
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 329
SP - 1584
EP - 1585
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 21
ER -