Prevention and Treatment of Traveler's Diarrhea

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…