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Emporiatrics: Diarrhea in Travelers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Timothy H. Holtz  and
Mary D. Nettleman
Timothy H. Holtz
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, the Program of Hospital Epidemiology, The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Zowa
Mary D. Nettleman*
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, the Program of Hospital Epidemiology, The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Zowa
*
Program of Hospital Epidemiology, C41 GH, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA 52242
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The litany of scatalogical euphemisms describing travelers’ diarrhea sounds more like a line-up for a horse race: turista, Aztec two-step, Ramses’ revenge, Casablanca crud, Bombay runs, Delhi belly and Tokyo trots. While the winner in this race is uncertain, the loser is the poor traveler whose most memorable image of an expensive, exotic vacation was a desperate search for bathrooms or confinement to a hotel room while others were enjoying the sights. Though self-limited and relatively mild compared to some diseases acquired abroad, the impact of travelers’ diarrhea on the traveler should not be underestimated.

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Emporiatrics
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 11 , Issue 11 , November 1990 , pp. 606 - 610
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1990

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