Ann Infect Dis Epidemiol | Volume 4, Issue 2 | Short Communication | Open Access

Giardia Lamblia: Two Methods of Study in Schoolchildren. Havana 2019

Osvaldo Batista Rojas

Department of Epidemiology and Comprehensive Medicine, Municipal Unit of Hygiene and Epidemiology Marianao Municipality Havana, Cuba

^*Correspondance to: Osvaldo Batista Rojas 

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Abstract

There were selected 180 schoolchildren in General Medicine consultation, and there were indicated to them three serial stool, the clinical manifestations were gathered as well as the nutritional status, with the objective to perform the screening of Giardia Lamblia. Children with symptoms or signs also had the duodenal intubation. The feces method was not effective for the diagnosis of Giardia Lamblia, while duodenal intubation contributed a positivity of 98.3%, with a single negative case, its etiology was bacterial. There were no complications during the procedure. The thin children, stationary weight and abdominal pain prevailed.

Keywords:

Giardia Lamblia; Intestinal parasitosis epidemiology; Child

Citation:

Rojas OB. Giardia Lamblia: Two Methods of Study in Schoolchildren. Havana 2019. Ann Infect Dis Epidemiol. 2019; 4(2): 1044.