A British soldier develops profuse watery diarrhoea 3 days into a deployment in Afghanistan. He has no fever. The most common cause of travellers' dia...

Question

A British soldier develops profuse watery diarrhoea 3 days into a deployment in Afghanistan. He has no fever. The most common cause of travellers' diarrhoea is ETEC. What is the self-treatment approach recommended for moderate travellers' diarrhoea without fever or bloody stool?

Accepted Answer

Oral rehydration and a short course (1-3 days) of a fluoroquinolone or azithromycin

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Loperamide alone

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Intravenous antibiotics

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Activated charcoal

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Bismuth subsalicylate four times daily for 2 weeks

uk-dtmh MCQ (SBA): Travellers' Diarrhoea Self-treatment

A British soldier develops profuse watery diarrhoea 3 days into a deployment in Afghanistan. He has no fever. The most common cause of travellers' diarrhoea is ETEC. What is the self-treatment approach recommended for moderate travellers' diarrhoea without fever or bloody stool?