Table 4 Treatment for travellers diarrhoea in a prospective cohort of 1202 travellers from the Netherlands to developing countries, October 2006 - October 2007
Treatment | Total episodes | 1st episode | 2nd and subsequent episodes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | Â | mild | severe | mild | severe |
Total | 781 | Â | 575 (96%) | 22 (4%) | 177 (96%) | 7 (4%) |
No treatment | 464 | 59% | 327 (57%) | 11 (44%) | 123 (70%) | 3 (43%) |
Antimotility agents | 231 | 30% | 178 (31%) | 7 (32%) | 46 (26%) | 0 |
ORS | 116 | 15% | 92 (16%) | 6 (27%) | 16 (9%) | 2 (29%) |
Antibiotic | 36 | 5% | 30 (5%) | 1 (5%) | 3 (2%) | 2 (29%) |
Alternative antidiarrhoeal drugs | 22 | 3% | 18 (3%) | 1 (5%) | 3 (2%) | 0 |
Visited physician for diarrhoea | 25 | 3% | 18 (3%) | 1 (5%) | 5 (3%) | 1 (14%) |