Development of a new travellers’ diarrhoea clinical severity classification and its utility in confirming rifamycin-SV efficacy

• Published in: Journal of travel medicine Vol. 30; no. 6
• Main Authors: DuPont, Herbert L, Almenoff, June S, Jamindar, Mansi S, Bortey, Enoch, Steffen, Robert
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press 31.10.2023
• Subjects: Antibiotics; Ciprofloxacin; Classification; Clinical trials; Diarrhea; Original; Patients; Rifamycins; Travellers; clinical trials; Travellers’ diarrhoea; travellers’ diarrhoea

Abstract Background travellers’ diarrhoea (TD) is frequently reported with incidence up to 40% in high-risk destinations. Previous studies showed that the number of loose stools alone is inadequate to holistically predict the severity of TD. To improve the prediction of prognosis and to optimize tre...