Chronic Diarrhea in a Traveler: Cyclosporiasis
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Review: chronic and persistent diarrhea with a focus in the returning traveler
BACKGROUND Travelers' diarrhea is a common malady afflicting up to 50% of travelers after a 2-week travel period. An appreciable percentage of these cases will become persistent or chronic. We summarized the published literature reporting persistent/chronic diarrhea in travelers elucidating current understanding of disease incidence, etiology and regional variability. METHODS We searched elec...
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عنوان ژورنال: The American Journal of Medicine
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0002-9343
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2017.06.018