Travelers' diarrhea and toxigenic Escherichia coli
Gorbach SL;Kean BH;Evans DG;Evans DJ;Bessudo D;;
The New England journal of medicine1975Vol. 292pp. -
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Abstract
In a group of 133 United States students studied for 18 days after arriving in Mexico, diarrhea developed in 38 (29 per cent). Diarrhea rarely began before the fourth day, and the mean onset was 13 days after arrival. Symptoms lasted an average of 3.4 days but persisted in 21 per cent of sick studen …