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Volume 22, Number 1—January 2016
Dispatch

Increased Risk for ESBL-Producing Bacteria from Co-administration of Loperamide and Antimicrobial Drugs for Travelers’ Diarrhea1

Anu KanteleComments to Author , Sointu Mero, Juha Kirveskari, and Tinja Lääveri
Author affiliations: Medical Centre Aava, Helsinki (A. Kantele); Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Stockholm, Sweden (A. Kantele); University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland (A. Kantele, T. Lääveri); Helsinki University Hospital (A. Kantele, T. Lääveri); Helsinki University Hospital Laboratory, Helsinki (S. Mero, J. Kirveskari)

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Study protocol for investigating risk for contracting ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae among travelers from Finland with TD. LO–AMD–, not treated with medication; LO+AMD–, treated with LO alone; LO–AMD+, treated with AMDs alone; LO+AMD+, treated with a combination of both drugs. AMD, antimicrobial drugs; ESBL, extended-spectrum β-lactamase; LO, loperamide; TD, travelers’ diarrhea.

Figure. Study protocol for investigating risk for contracting ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae among travelers from Finland with TD. LO–AMD–, not treated with medication; LO+AMD–, treated with LO alone; LO–AMD+, treated with AMDs alone; LO+AMD+, treated with a combination of both drugs. AMD, antimicrobial drugs; ESBL, extended-spectrum β-lactamase; LO, loperamide; TD, travelers’ diarrhea.

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1Preliminary results from this study were presented at the 13th Conference of the International Society of Travel Medicine (CISTM), May 24–28, 2015, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.

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