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. 2010 Apr;48(4):1417-9.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.01709-09. Epub 2010 Jan 27.

Microbial etiology of travelers' diarrhea in Mexico, Guatemala, and India: importance of enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis and Arcobacter species

Zhi-Dong Jiang  1 , Herbert L Dupont, Eric L Brown, Ranjan K Nandy, Thandavaryan Ramamurthy, Anuradha Sinha, Santanu Ghosh, Sucharita Guin, Kaur Gurleen, Savio Rodrigues, Jacklyn J Chen, Robin McKenzie, Robert Steffen
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Microbial etiology of travelers' diarrhea in Mexico, Guatemala, and India: importance of enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis and Arcobacter species

Zhi-Dong Jiang et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Apr.

Abstract

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.

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