4.7 Article

Microbial Etiology of Travelers' Diarrhea in Mexico, Guatemala, and India: Importance of Enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis and Arcobacter Species

Journal

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 48, Issue 4, Pages 1417-1419

Publisher

AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01709-09

Keywords

-

Categories

Funding

  1. University of Texas School of Public Health and Public Health Service [DK56338]

Ask authors/readers for more resources

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

I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.

Reviews

Primary Rating

4.7
Not enough ratings

Secondary Ratings

Novelty
-
Significance
-
Scientific rigor
-
Rate this paper

Recommended

No Data Available
No Data Available