Post-infectious irritable bowel syndrome after intercontinental travel: a prospective multicentre study.

J Travel Med

School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism (NUTRIM), Department of Medical Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Infection Prevention, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands.

Published: October 2023

By longitudinally following a large cohort of intercontinental travellers, this study highlights the importance of considering multiple risk factors to comprehend post-infectious irritable bowel syndrome (PI-IBS). Stomach cramps, antibiotic use and nausea during travel were amongst the variables that predicted PI-IBS development following an episode of traveller’s diarrhoea.

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