[Infantile giardiasis. Study of 111 cases]

Autor: J M, Cerezo Pancorbo, M T, García Muñoz, A, Franganillo Fernández, J, Espinosa Pérez, J L, Bustamante San Miguel, J L, Sánchez Badía
Rok vydání: 1986
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Zdroj: Anales espanoles de pediatria. 25(6)
ISSN: 0302-4342
Popis: One hundred eleven children with intestinal giardiasis, are studied taken into account: age, sex, place of residence, seasonal frequency, clinic, symptomatology, analyses, treatment and it efficacy and reinfections. Authors have investigated mainly the stools: presence of parasite in them, with only one sample, has been of 56.2%, reaching 70.7% when several samples were examined. Patients have been treated with metronidazole with good response in 93.3%, but 28.3% were infected again. Closed relatives of 99 children have also been examined and 21.4% presented infection.
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