Predictors of aetiology and outcomes of acute gastrointestinal illness in returning travellers: a retrospective cohort analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Gastrointestinal illness is a major cause of morbidity in travellers and is a common reason for presentation to healthcare services on return. Whilst the aetiology of imported gastrointestinal disease is predominantly infectious, outcomes are variable due to a range of phenomena such as post-infectious irritable bowel syndrome, drug resistance and occult pathology (both infectious and non-infectious). Previous studies have focussed on predictors of aetiology of gastrointestinal disease in travellers; we present a retrospective study combining both aetiological and early outcome data in a large cohort of returned travellers.

Method

We identified 1450 patients who attended our post-travel walk-in clinic with gastrointestinal symptoms between 2010 and 2016. Demograph

SUBMITTER: Lever RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8220688 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature