Management of service members presenting with persistent and chronic diarrhea, during or upon returning from deployment

Ramiro L Gutiérrez; Michael Goldberg; Patrick Young; David R Tribble; Patrick Connor; Chad K Porter; Mark S Riddle

doi:10.7205/milmed-d-12-00090

Management of service members presenting with persistent and chronic diarrhea, during or upon returning from deployment

Mil Med. 2012 Jun;177(6):627-34. doi: 10.7205/milmed-d-12-00090.

Authors

Ramiro L Gutiérrez¹, Michael Goldberg, Patrick Young, David R Tribble, Patrick Connor, Chad K Porter, Mark S Riddle

Affiliation

¹ Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA.

PMID: 22730836
DOI: 10.7205/milmed-d-12-00090

Abstract

The Current Topics in Military Tropical Medicine series provides focused reviews addressing specific questions faced by operational military medical personnel. This issue in the series explores the diagnosis and management of persistent diarrhea in deployed service members.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Algorithms
Campylobacter Infections / diagnosis
Campylobacter Infections / therapy
Campylobacter jejuni
Chronic Disease
Diarrhea / microbiology
Diarrhea / therapy*
Gastrointestinal Diseases / diagnosis*
Humans
Male
Military Personnel*
Travel*