The Weibel graticule was used to assess quantitatively histological changes in proximal jejunal mucosal biopsies from patients with Giardia lamblia infections. Most had malabsorption. A group of patients who had mild abdominal symptoms but no intestinal infection and normal absorption were the controls. There were significant differences in mean surface area (SA) measurements between patients w...

Carsweli, F., Gibson, A. A. M., and McAllister, T. A. (1973). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 48, 414. Giardiasis and coeliac disease. The incidence of Giardia lamblia infestation, as shown by examination of the stools, is the same in normal and coeliac children. 93 patients who were suspected of having coeliac disease had upper intestinal biopsies examined for giardia infestation. These pati...

Clinical features of giardiasis vary greatly between individuals and may range from asymptomatic infection to severe malab− sorption syndrome. Whereas individuals with various forms of hypogammaglobu− linemia may show more severe disease and damage to the intestinal villi, AIDS patients do not appear to be at increased risk of severe giardiasis [1]. We present a case of duodenal giardiasis in a...

BACKGROUND A high prevalence of chronic fatigue has previously been reported following giardiasis after a large waterborne outbreak in Bergen, Norway in 2004. The aim of this study was to describe and evaluate differential diagnoses and natural course of fatigue five years after giardiasis among patients who reported chronic fatigue three years after the infection. METHODS Patients who three ...

Abstract Giardia duodenalis is a common intestinal pathogen transmitted via consumption of contaminated water. In addition to causing distress symptoms, infection one the top 5 infectious causes growth stunting in children under two. Growth faltering complex pathology facilitated by changes barrier and enzymatic deficiencies. While widely associated with damage vitro, animal models, patient stu...

A patient with giardiasis in an inflamed gastric antral biopsy specimen is reported. Helicobacter pylori were not identified and no other cause of the gastritis was apparent. This condition may be more common than has been previously supposed and may be linked to bile reflux or hypochlorhydria.

Opinions are divided regarding the pathological manifestations of the flagellates. Alvarez, Silverton and Bernardino are of opinion that the fact that the infection as well as the symptom disappeared after treatment with atebrin proved beyond doubt the pathogenicity of the flagellates. Chopra et al. (1939) from a routine study of the stools of the patients, the symptoms and the response to trea...