AIM To investigate the prevalence of giardiasis in patients with dyspeptic symptoms. METHODS Clinical records of consecutive patients who attended Gastroenterology Department at Aga Khan University Hospital from January 2000 to June 2003 and had esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) with duodenal biopsies and international classification of diseases 9th revision with clinical modifications (ICD-9-...

Background and Aims. We aimed to investigate the prevalence of Giardiasis in patients with dyspepsia and patients with diabetes mellitus. Methods. 400 patients and 100 healthy persons were included in this clinical prospective study. The number of patients in each group was equal, 200 dyspeptic and 200 diabetic, respectively. The antigen of G. lntestinalis was determined in the stool specimens ...

the present report describes a 5-years-old girl who presented with hypoproteinaemia and generalised oedema due to giardiasis.  she recovered fully 2 weeks after treatment with oral metronidazole.  the emphasis is on the importance of giardiasis in children with hypoproteinaemia of obscure aetiology.

The giardiasis is a neglected parasitic disease. The WHO has estimated more than 280 million of human infections each year; however, intraepithelial giardiasis is a rare entity, there are only 5 reports showing invasive giardiasis. A pediatric female patient with chronic abdominal pain, diarrhea, or pasty stools, without fever, was seen in the Gastroenterology and Nutrition Service. The stool s...

AIMS To assess the prevalence of gastric giardiasis in patients undergoing upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, and to define the clinicopathological correlates of gastric Giardia lamblia infection. METHODS Consecutive gastric biopsy specimens (n = 15,023) from 11,085 patients, taken at Feltre City Hospital (north eastern Italy) from January 1986 to December 1991, were histologically and immunoc...

The test for exocrine pancreatic function using N-benzoyl-L-tyrosyl-p-aminobenzoic acid (BTPABA test) was assessed in 7 patients with giardiasis and 7 healthy controls. Cumulative percent p-aminobenzoic acid (PABA) recovery in 6 hr was significantly lower in patients with giardiasis, compared with the control group. When an equivalent dose of free PABA was given, there were no differences in PA...

This study investigated the levels of iron, zinc, and copper and their demolishing effects against lipid peroxidation in chronic giardiasis. Serum iron, zinc and copper levels, erythrocyte cytosolic superoxide dismutase activity, and malondialdehyde levels were measured in 34 children with chronic giardiasis and were compared with controls. The serum iron and zinc levels and erythrocyte superox...

In this research 783 child of Day care centers (D. C. C) of Qazvin Alvand, Industrial Cities had stoll examination for Giardiasis. Results were: Giardiasis was found in 13.5  % of children with peak incidence in 4-5, 6-7 years, more in female than male, incidence of Giardiasis were increased with decrease of Educational Level of mothers and increase of family members. Giardiasis was more in D....

Giardiasis, which is caused by Giardia lamblia infection, a relevant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Because no vaccines are currently available to treat giardiasis, chemotherapeutic drugs the main options for controlling infection. Evidence has shown that nitro drug nitazoxanide (NTZ) commonly prescribed treatment giardiasis; however, mechanisms underlying NTZ’s antigiardial activi...