Abstract
Travellers’ diarrhoea (TD) is the most common illness of travellers to developing countries. In this chapter, we review the travel destinations with the highest incidence of TD, describe the main aetiologies and discuss the issues surrounding prevention and management of TD in some detail. We include discussion of current controversies regarding when self-treatment of TD with antibiotics should be advised. Chemoprophylaxis is rarely recommended, but we outline situations for which it may be considered. We also include a brief overview of management of diarrhoea in the returned traveller.
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Torresi, J. et al. (2019). Travellers’ Diarrhoea. In: Manual of Travel Medicine. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7252-0_4
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