Travelers' diarrhea is the most common infectious disease in travel medicine. This article deals with epidemiology, diagnostics, prophylaxis and therapy. The causative pathogens, important differential diagnoses and indications for extended diagnostic measures are discussed in detail.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: The prevalence of alveolar echinococcosis (AE) and cystic echinococcosis (CE) in Germany is increasing. The number of cases in northern and eastern regions is low, so there is little experience with regard to diagnosis and therapy.
Objectives: The objective of this paper was to evaluate the management of suspected and/or diagnosed echinococcosis at a university center in a low-prevalence region.