Microbial etiology of travelers' diarrhea in Mexico, Guatemala, and India: importance of enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis and Arcobacter species.
This study examined established enteric pathogens, Arcobacter species and enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis (ETBF), in 201 U.S. and European travelers with acute diarrhea acquired in Mexico, Guatemala, and India. Arcobacter butzleri and ETBF were detected in 8% and 7% of diarrhea cases, respectively.
Jiang
Zhi-Dong
ZD
Center for Infectious Diseases, University of Texas School of Public Health, 1200 Herman Pressler Room 741, Houston, TX 77030, USA. zhi-dong.jiang@uth.tmc.edu
Dupont
Herbert L
HL
Brown
Eric L
EL
Nandy
Ranjan K
RK
Ramamurthy
Thandavaryan
T
Sinha
Anuradha
A
Ghosh
Santanu
S
Guin
Sucharita
S
Gurleen
Kaur
K
Rodrigues
Savio
S
Chen
Jacklyn J
JJ
McKenzie
Robin
R
Steffen
Robert
R
D020640:Arcobacter / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001442:Bacteroides Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D001441:Bacteroides fragilis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D005060:Europe; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006166:Guatemala; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008800:Mexico; D015995:Prevalence; D014195:Travel; D014481:United States