To determine the efficacy, safety and effect on fecal flora of ciprofloxacin in the prevention of travelers' diarrhea, 54 volunteers traveling to Tunisia were randomized in a double-blind manner to receive either 500 mg ciprofloxacin or a placebo once daily for one week. Results of 53 volunteers
Pellagra defines systemic disease as resulting from a marked cellular deficiency of niacin. It is characterized by 4 "D's": diarrhea, dermatitis, dementia, and death. Diagnosis of pellagra is difficult in the absence of the skin lesions, and is often facilitated by the presence of characteristic
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate health outcomes and acceptance of pharmacists' recommendations of travel health including prevalance of immunizations, sunburn, insect-borne diseases, traveler's diarrhea, and altitude sickness, and assess patient satisfaction with the pretravel health
Three menstruating adolescents using tampons colonized with Staphylococcus aureus developed high fever, vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain followed by conjunctival injection and a sunburn-like rash. Two girls had transient orthostatic hypotension but none developed shock or evidence of multiple
OBJECTIVE
To investigate travel-associated illnesses in French travelers to Senegal.
METHODS
A prospective cohort follow-up was conducted in 358 travelers recruited at a pre-travel visit in Marseille and compared to data from ill travelers collected from the GeoSentinel data platform in two clinics
As international travel becomes increasingly common, primary care physicians are often asked for advice about travel-related health issues. Having a basic knowledge of both health and safety issues is essential. Pregnant women and patients with chronic medical conditions need to be aware of factors
BACKGROUND
Although there is satisfactory recording of diseases affecting travelers visiting developing countries, little is known regarding morbidity of travelers when visiting developed countries. We sought to evaluate the morbidity of foreign travelers in Zakynthos, a popular Greek island
We report here the case of a patient suffering from hemophagocytic syndrome (HPS) associated with toxic shock syndrome (TSS). A 50-year-old man was admitted because of fever, watery diarrhea and shortness of breath. Clinical analysis revealed systemic cyanosis, sunburn-like erythema and septic
Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) is an acute febrile illness accompanied by watery diarrhea, sunburn rash, vomiting, hypotension, and multiple organ involvement. When it was initially recognized 20 years ago, TSS was primarily associated with menstruation. Since then, the frequency of menstrual TSS has
OBJECTIVE
Scarce data are available on the occurrence of ailments and diseases in children during travel. We studied the characteristics and frequencies of ailments in children aged 0 to 18 years and their parents during traveling.
METHODS
A prospective observational study on ailments reported by
BACKGROUND
International visitors to tropical Australia may be exposed to health and safety problems. Because they are younger, stay longer and participate in more activities, backpackers have a greater exposure to such problems than other visitors.
METHODS
The study's aim was to determine how many
Objective: We sought to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and patterns of use for the once-daily oral, narrow-spectrum antibiotic sarecycline in patients with moderate-to-severe acne vulgaris during a 40-week Phase III, multicenter, open-label extension study. Participants: Patients
Pellagra is a systemic disturbance caused by a cellular deficiency of niacin, resulting from inadequate dietary nicotinic acid and/or its precursors, the essential amino-acid tryptophan. In Europe and North America cases of pellagra are rarely encountered, but in some developing countries this
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