TY - JOUR T1 - Chronic diarrhea in travelers. A1 - Connor,Bradley A, PY - 2013/3/28/entrez PY - 2013/3/28/pubmed PY - 2013/3/28/medline SP - 203 EP - 10 JF - Current infectious disease reports JO - Curr Infect Dis Rep VL - 15 IS - 3 N2 - As a rule, travelers' diarrhea is a self-limited bacterial infection that affects approximately 40 % of travelers to developing countries. Health-care professionals who see returning travelers have noted that some travelers afflicted with diarrhea do not recover completely but, instead, develop chronic diarrhea or a persistent change in gastrointestinal function. Concurrent with this observation has been the recognition that in many patients with long-standing irritable bowel syndrome, an episode of traveler's diarrhea or gastroenteritis preceded the onset of symptoms. Before a diagnosis of postinfectious irritable bowel syndrome is considered, other diagnostic considerations must be excluded. This review will examine an approach to the patient with chronic diarrhea posttravel. SN - 1523-3847 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/23532349/full_citation L2 - https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11908-013-0328-2 DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -