Travel-related infections in children.

Abstract

Malaria, diarrhea, respiratory infections, and cutaneous larva migrans are common travel-related infections observed in children and adolescents returning from trips to developing countries. Children visiting friends and relatives are at the highest risk because few visit travel clinics before travel, their stays are longer, and the sites they visit are more rural. Clinicians must be able to prepare their pediatric-age travelers before departure with preventive education, prophylactic and self-treating medications, and vaccinations. Familiarity with the clinical manifestations and treatment of travel-related infections will secure prompt and effective therapy.

• Authors: Thomas G Fox, John J Manaloor, John C Christenson
• Journal: Pediatric clinics of North America (Pediatr Clin North Am) Vol. 60 Issue 2 Pg. 507-27 (Apr 2013) ISSN: 1557-8240 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 23481114 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)
• Copyright: Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Chemical References

• Anti-Infective Agents

Topics

• Adolescent
• Anti-Infective Agents (administration & dosage, therapeutic use)
• Child
• Child, Preschool
• Diarrhea (etiology, prevention & control)
• Eosinophilia (etiology)
• Fever (etiology)
• Humans
• Infections (diagnosis, epidemiology, etiology, microbiology, parasitology, therapy, virology)
• Jaundice (etiology)
• Malaria (etiology, prevention & control)
• Skin Diseases, Infectious (etiology, prevention & control)
• Travel