RT Journal Article
T1 Executive summary of imported infectious diseases after returning from foreign travel: Consensus document of the Spanish Society for Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology (SEIMC).
A1 Pérez-Arellano, José Luis
A1 Górgolas-Hernández-Mora, Miguel
A1 Salvador, Fernando
A1 Carranza-Rodríguez, Cristina
A1 Ramírez-Olivencia, Germán
A1 Martín-Echeverría, Esteban
A1 Rodríguez-Guardado, Azucena
A1 Norman, Francesca
A1 Velasco-Tirado, Virginia
A1 Zubero-Sulibarría, Zuriñe
A1 Rojo-Marcos, Gerardo
A1 Muñoz-Gutierrez, José
A1 Ramos-Rincón, José Manuel
A1 Sánchez-Seco-Fariñas, M Paz
A1 Velasco-Arribas, María
A1 Belhassen-García, Moncef
A1 Lago-Nuñez, Mar
A1 Cañas García-Otero, Elías
A1 López-Vélez, Rogelio
K1 Enfermedades infecciosas importadas
K1 Imported infectious diseases
K1 International travelers
K1 Returned traveler
K1 Viajeros internacionales
K1 Viajeros que regresan
AB In a global world, knowledge of imported infectious diseases is essential in daily practice, both for the microbiologist-parasitologist and the clinician who diagnoses and treats infectious diseases in returned travelers. Tropical and subtropical countries where there is a greater risk of contracting an infectious disease are among the most frequently visited tourist destinations. The SEIMC considers it appropriate to produce a consensus document that will be useful to primary care physicians as well as specialists in internal medicine, infectious diseases and tropical medicine who help treat travelers returning from tropical and sub-tropical areas with infections. Preventive aspects of infectious diseases and infections imported by immigrants are explicitly excluded here, since they have been dealt with in other SEIMC documents. Various types of professionals (clinicians, microbiologists, and parasitologists) have helped produce this consensus document by evaluating the available evidence-based data in order to propose a series of key facts about individual aspects of the topic. The first section of the document is a summary of some of the general aspects concerning the general assessment of travelers who return home with potential infections. The main second section contains the key facts (causative agents, diagnostic procedures and therapeutic measures) associated with the major infectious syndromes affecting returned travelers [gastrointestinal syndrome (acute or persistent diarrhea); febrile syndrome with no obvious source of infection; localized cutaneous lesions; and respiratory infections]. Finally, the characteristics of special traveler subtypes, such as pregnant women and immunocompromised travelers, are described.
YR 2017
FD 2017-04-07
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/11079
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/11079
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RD Apr 6, 2025