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A family cluster of giardiasis with variable treatment responses: refractory giardiasis in a family after a trip to India.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Feb 2014
Requena-Méndez A, Goñi P, Lóbez S, Oliveira I, Aldasoro E, Valls M-E, Clavel A, Gascón J, Muñoz J
Abstract excerpt
Persistence of giardiasis after some of the recommended drugs is occurring with increasing frequency. We describe the follow-up of four members of a family with giardiasis through microscopic observation, immunochromatography and PCRs of tpi and β-giardin genes. Three patients did not respond to tinidazole but they were cured after quinacrine. However, PCR became negative at 2 months after negativization of...
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