Persisting symptoms and duodenal inflammation related to Giardia duodenalis infection

Journal of Infection

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 524-530

  Hanevik, Kurt ^a   Hausken, Trygve ^a,d   Morken, Mette Helvik ^a   Strand, Elisabeth Astrup ^b   Mørch, Kristine ^a   Coll, Peter ^a   Helgeland, Lars ^c   Langeland, Nina ^a,d  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Assemblage B; B12; Duodenal inflammation; Giardia duodenalis; Waterborne epidemic

Indexed keywords

CALPROTECTIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BLOATING; BLOOD ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; DUODENITIS; DUODENUM BIOPSY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; GIARDIASIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NAUSEA; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM;

ANIMALS; BIOPSY; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DUODENITIS; DUODENOSCOPY; DUODENUM; FECES; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; METRONIDAZOLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 36049034295     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2007.09.004     Document Type: Article

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