Refractory giardiasis in Spanish travellers

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 126-129

  Muñoz Gutiérrez, Jose ^a   Aldasoro, Edelweiss ^a   Requena, Ana ^a   Comin, Ana M ^b   Pinazo, Maria Jesús ^a   Bardají, Azucena ^a   Oliveira, Inés ^a   Valls, Maria Eugenia ^c   Gascon, Joaquim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MIGUEL SERVET   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Giardia duodenalis; Metronidazol; Nitroimidazoles; Quinacrine; Traveller's diarrhoea

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; MEPACRINE; METRONIDAZOLE; NITROIMIDAZOLE; PAROMOMYCIN; TINIDAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY GIARDIASIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPAIN; TRAVEL; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; FECES; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROIMIDAZOLES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN; TRAVEL; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84876773344     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: 18730442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2012.10.004     Document Type: Article

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