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T1  - Stand-by antibiotics encourage unwarranted use of antibiotics for travelers' diarrhea : A prospective study 
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UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/299322 
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A1  - Vilkman, Katri; Lääveri, Tinja; Pakkanen, Sari H.; Kantele, Anu 
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Y1  - 2019 
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AB  - Background: As antibiotics predispose travelers to acquiring multidrug-resistant intestinal bacteria, they should no longer be considered a mainstay for treating travelers' diarrhea. It has been claimed that stand-by antibiotics are justified as a means to avoid visits to local healthcare providers which often lead to polypharmacy. Method: We revisited the traveler data of 316 prospectively recruited volunteers with travelers' diarrhea by retrieving from questionnaires and health diaries informa... 
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KW  - Travelers' diarrhea; Stand-by antibiotics; Travel; Severe TD; Incapacitating TD; Antimicrobial resistance; LACTAMASE-PRODUCING ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; SELF-TREATMENT; COLONIZATION; LOPERAMIDE; RISK; ABROAD; COHORT; 3121 General medicine, internal medicine and other clinical medicine; 3111 Biomedicine 
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