Travelers' diarrhea in Nepal: An update on the pathogens and antibiotic resistance

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 102-108

  Pandey, Prativa ^a   Bodhidatta, Ladaporn ^b   Lewis, Michael ^c   Murphy, Holly ^a   Shlim, David R ^d   Cave, William ^e   Rajah, Ramachandran ^a   Springer, Martin ^f   Batchelor, Trish ^g   Sornsakrin, Siriporn ^b   Mason, Carl J ^b  

^a CIWEC Travel Medicine Centre Nepal   (Nepal)

^b ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d Jackson Hole Travel and Tropical Medicine   (United States)

^e Fleet Street Clinic ^*  (United Kingdom)

^f Beijing United Family Hospital and Clinics   (China)

^g Travel Doctor Clinics   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; NALIDIXIC ACID; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLOSPORA; DISK DIFFUSION; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NEPAL; NONHUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SHIGELLA; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CYCLOSPORA; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GIARDIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; SHIGELLA; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952254780     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2010.00475.x     Document Type: Article

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