Travelers lowering their guard: a bacterial, viral and protozoan co-infection after a five-day journey in India

Lorenzo Zammarchi; Alberto Antonelli; Manuela Lapini; Marco Prato; Alberto Farese; Gian Maria Rossolini; Alessandro Bartoloni

doi:10.1093/jtm/taw044

Travelers lowering their guard: a bacterial, viral and protozoan co-infection after a five-day journey in India

J Travel Med. 2016 Jul 4;23(5). doi: 10.1093/jtm/taw044. Print 2016 May.

Authors

Lorenzo Zammarchi^{1

2}, Alberto Antonelli¹, Manuela Lapini³, Marco Prato¹, Alberto Farese², Gian Maria Rossolini^{1

3

4

5}, Alessandro Bartoloni^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Dipartimento Di Medicina Sperimentale E Clinica, Università Di Firenze, Florence, Italy.
² SOD Malattie Infettive E Tropicali, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy.
³ SOD Microbiologia E Virologia, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy.
⁴ Dipartimento Di Biotecnologie Mediche, Università Di Siena, Italy.
⁵ I.R.C.C.S. Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Florence, Italy.

PMID: 27378368
DOI: 10.1093/jtm/taw044

Abstract

We present a case of concurrent infections by Campylobacter jejuni, Giardia intestinalis and Hepatitis E virus acquired during a 5-days travel to India by an Italian traveller : Professionals responsible for pre- and post-travel care should underline food and water precautions and prescribe an adequate diagnostic work-up in symptomatic patients.

Keywords: Campylobacter jejuni, Giardia intestinalis, Hepatitis E virus; HEV; India; co-infection; travel.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Campylobacter Infections / complications*
Campylobacter Infections / diagnosis
Giardiasis / complications*
Giardiasis / diagnosis
Hepatitis E / complications*
Hepatitis E / diagnosis
Humans
India
Male
Risk Factors
Travel*