An case report of persistent giardiasis

Autor: Daniele Crotti, Elisabetta Antonelli, Maria Letizia D’Annibale
Jazyk: English<br />Italian
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Microbiologia Medica, Vol 24, Iss 2 (2009)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2280-6423
DOI: 10.4081/mm.2009.2543
Popis: The authors describe a persistent case of autoctonous giardiasis in an Italian adult man. Patient’s habits, clinical findings and diagnostic criteria are reported.The persistent elimination of Giardia spp. cysts with faeces along several month and years could be related to a repeated environmental ingestion or due to the onset of resistance towards the antiprotozoal drug.
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