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Traveler’s Diarrhea - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Loperamide should not be given to children younger than 2 years, and it should not be used as a single medication without antibiotics in patients with traveler’s diarrhea who have a temperature greater than 38.5°C or when bloody stools are passed.
        
        Antibiotics shorten the overall duration of moderate to severe
        traveler’s diarrhea toabouta dayanda half
        
        For most destinations, a fluoroquinolone (ciprofloxacin or levofloxacin) is the drug of choice.
        
        Although azithromycin is tolerated well by most persons and can be used during pregnancy and in children.
- - - - The most important causes of traveler’s diarrhea occurring in developing regions are: ETEC, enteroaggregative E coli, diffusely adherent Ecoli,noroviruses, rotavirus,Salmonellaspecies,Campylobacterjejuni, Shigella species, Aeromonas species, Plesiomonas shigelloides, enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis, and Vibrio species
- - - - Although the use of synbiotics, prebiotics,and probiotics tominimize the risk of development of traveler’s diarrhea is appealing because of their safety
- - - - Travelers on cruise-based package holidays have a lower incidence of stomach upset compared with those on land-based
        holidays.
        
        traveler’s diarrhea risk increases with warmer temperatures and greater
        rainfall.