Clinical and microbiological features of dientamoebiasis in patients suspected of suffering from a parasitic gastrointestinal illness: A comparison of Dientamoeba fragilis and Giardia lamblia infections

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 255-261

  Vandenberg, Olivier ^a,b   Peek, Ron ^c   Souayah, Hichem ^a   Dediste, Anne ^a   Buset, Michel ^a   Scheen, Robert ^a   Retore, Patricia ^a   Zissis, Georges ^a   Gool, Tom van ^c  

^a SAINT PIERRE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical; Dientamoeba; Genotype; Giardia; Triple feces test

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; METRONIDAZOLE; NITROIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; PAROMOMYCIN; TINIDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIENTAMOEBA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SARCOMASTIGOPHORA INFECTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIENTAMOEBA; DIENTAMOEBIASIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33646106773     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2005.05.011     Document Type: Article

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