| Literature DB >> 23218784 |
Jose Muñoz Gutiérrez1, Edelweiss Aldasoro, Ana Requena, Ana M Comin, Maria Jesús Pinazo, Azucena Bardají, Inés Oliveira, Maria Eugenia Valls, Joaquim Gascon.
Abstract
Drug failure is a common cause of symptom persistence after treatment of imported Giardia duodenalis. In this retrospective study we describe a high prevalence of refractory giardiasis in people attended in a travel clinic in Spain, especially those with infections acquired in Asia. Moreover, we discuss various treatment strategies to tackle G. duodenalis that is refractory to nitroimidazoles.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 23218784 DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2012.10.004
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Travel Med Infect Dis ISSN: 1477-8939 Impact factor: 6.211