Prevention and treatment of travellers’ diarrhea

Journal of Travel Medicine, 2017, Vol 24, Suppl 1, S1 doi: 10.1093/jtm/tax018 Editorial Editorial Prevention and treatment of travellers’ diarrhea Charles D. Ericsson, MD Dr. and Mrs. Carl V. Vartian Professor of Infectious Diseases, McGovern Medical School, Houston Texas, USA In the spring of 2016, a group of experts on travellers’ diarrhea and the microbiota were convened to consider how guidance for the management of travellers’ diarrhea might be impacted by emerging concerns for faecal carriage of antibiotic resistant organisms acquired during travel per se, after an episode of travellers’ diarrhea and after antibiotic treatment of travellers’ diarrhea. On the first and second days of the Diarrhea Summit, a number of people gave talks that reviewed background material, current guidelines and emerging concepts that would influence recommendations for the use of antibiotics in the treatment and prevention of travellers’ diarrhea. Those speakers then created mini-reviews on their assigned subjects and those reviews are offered to the reader in the articles that precede the final article on guidelines for the prevention and treatment of travellers’ diarrhea. A select group (the authors of the expert panel report) convened the following day and embarked on a rigorous process of establishing recommendations and grading them. All manuscripts including the consensus expert panel report underwent rigorous peer review. I wish to acknowledge the support of the International Society of Travel Medicine (ISTM) and Rudin foundations and the excellent logistical support of the ISTM Executive Director, Diane Nickolson and her most able aide, Jodi Metzgar. Special thanks go to the enthusiastic support of ISTM president, Annelies Wilder-Smith and Secretary/ Treasurer, Peter Leggat. I heartily thank all of the authors involved in generating this supplement. Finally, Douglas Esposito and Ronnie Henry of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention should be recognized for vetting the conflict of interest documents and their helpful input during discussions of presentations. Funding Supported by an unrestricted grant from the International Society of Travel Medicine Foundation including a contribution from the Rudin Foundation. C International Society of Travel Medicine, 2017. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please e-mail: V Editorial decision 24 February 2017; Accepted 24 February 2017  (...truncated)