Rifamycin SV-MMX® Tablets Versus Ciprofloxacin Capsules in Acute Traveller's Diarrhoea

Inclusion Criteria

• •Signed informed consent,
• •Men or women between 18 and 85 years of age,
• •History of arriving from their country of residence in the industrialized part of the world within the past 4 weeks,
• •Presenting with acute infectious diarrhoea (defined as at least 3 unformed, watery or soft stools accompanied by symptoms within 24 hours preceding randomisation with duration of illness ≤ 72 hours),
• •Presence of one or more signs or symptoms of enteric infection (moderate to severe gas/flatulence, nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps or pain, rectal tenesmus, fecal urgency),
• •Women of childbearing potential had to apply during the entire duration of the study a highly effective method of birth control