Giardia lamblia. Cause of urticaria and pruritus or accidental association?;Giardia lamblia. Ursache von urtikaria und pruritus oder zufällige assoziation?

Hautarzt

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 518-522

  Nenoff, P ^a   Domula, E ^b   Willing, U ^c   Herrmann, J ^a  

^a Laboratorium fur Medizinische Mikrobiologie   (Germany)

^b Hautarztpraxis ^*  (Germany)

^c Hautarztpraxis   (Germany)

Author keywords

Giardia lamblia; Lamblia; Metronidazole; Pruritus; Tinidazole; Urticaria

Indexed keywords

CETIDERM; CETIRIZINE; LEVOCETIRIZINE; LORADERM; LORATADINE; METRONIDAZOLE; TINIDAZOLE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRURITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URTICARIA;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; PRURITUS; SKIN DISEASES, PARASITIC; TINIDAZOLE; URTICARIA;

EID: 33745173078     PISSN: 00178470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00105-005-0959-9     Document Type: Article

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