Via practica 2/2014
Summer diarrhea
Diarrheal diseases are very common in summer. They may be infectious and non – infectious causes which are listed in article. Diarrhea is also the most common illness in travellers to the tropics and subtropics; enterotoxigenic strains of Eschericha coliare the most frequent causative agents. In treatment of summer diarrhea only symptomatic therapy (rehydration, diet, non-specific treatment) is usually necessary. Antibiotics are usually used rarely in indicated cases.
Keywords: summer diarrhea, salmonelosis, campylobacteriosis, traveller´s diarrhea, treatment, prevention.
