Infectious disease and the extreme sport athlete.
Extreme sport competition often takes place in locations that may harbor atypical diseases. This article discusses infections that may be more likely to occur in the extreme sport athlete, such as selected parasitic infections, marine infections, freshwater-borne diseases, tick-borne disease, and zoonoses. Epidemiology, presentation, treatment, complications, and return-to-sport issues are discussed for each of these diseases.
Young
Craig C
CC
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA. cyoung@mcw.edu <cyoung@mcw.edu>
Niedfeldt
Mark W
MW
Gottschlich
Laura M
LM
Peterson
Charles S
CS
Gammons
Matthew R
MR
D000977:Antiparasitic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D009017:Morbidity / Q000639:trends; D010272:Parasitic Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology; D012307:Risk Factors; D013177:Sports