title: Microbial etiology of travelers' diarrhea in Mexico, Guatemala, and India: importance of enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis and Arcobacter species.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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
authors.forename: Zhi-Dong
authors.initials: ZD
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Herbert L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Dupont
authors.forename: Eric L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Ranjan K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Nandy
authors.forename: Thandavaryan
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ramamurthy
authors.forename: Anuradha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sinha
authors.forename: Santanu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.forename: Sucharita
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Guin
authors.forename: Kaur
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gurleen
authors.forename: Savio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
authors.forename: Jacklyn J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Robin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: McKenzie
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Steffen
mesh_terms: 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