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Chapter 71 Travelers’ Diarrhea Sample Questions

1. CB, a 48-year-old male patient comes by the pharmacy today to ask a product for diarrhea. He is traveling to Mexico for business and he always seems to get diarrhea each time he goes to this location. Which of the following organisms is/are the cause/s of traveller’s diarrhea?

A. Escherichia coli
B. Campylobacter jejuni
C. Shigella spp
D. All of the above

Answer

Ans: D

Tips: CTMA. Causes of Traveller’s Diarrhea can be of bacterial, viral or parasitic etiologies. Bacterial causes include the following pathogens: Aeromonas (common in Thailand), C. jejuni (Common in Mexico, Thailand, and Morocco especially during the dry winter), E. coli or ETCT (common in Latin America, Africa), Plesiomonas spp, Salmonella spp., Shigella spp., Vibrio cholera (Common in Bali, Ecuador, India and Indonesia) and Yersinia spp.

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