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#giardiasis tinidazole single dose is drug of choice. Alternatives: metronidazole, nitazoxanide & albendazole. Post-giardia lactose intolerance should be considered if tx appears to fail.
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#giardiasis US 20k cases annually. More frequent in kids 1-9 yrs & adults 35-45 yrs. Low income countries: all kids are infected by age 10.
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#giardiasis microscopic stool exam: cysts (more common) or trophozoites (correlate w/symptomatic inf). Commercial giardiasis cysts Ag kits which use immunoassay or immunofluorescence or chromatographic detection.
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#giardiasis for symptomatic dz: 1-2 wk incubation period post exposure: diarrhea which may be self-limited but upto 6wks or longer in absence of tx. physical normal. consider if diarrhea>5-7 (vs viral where diarrhea resolves in 3-5d)
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#giardiasis course highly variable from transient colonization to prolonged infection & from asymptomatic to severe diarrhea/wt loss. Symptomatic pts have villous shortening. No toxin-mediated diarrhea
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#giardiasis increase incidence in children who attend daycare reflects fecal-oral transmission, MSM transmission due to oral-anal sexual contact. HIV not a significant r.f. Hypogammaglobulinemia is associated risk factor. Impaired gastric acid sec also inc risk
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#giardiasis small intestinal infection from flagellated protozoan parasite G lamblia likely first reported by Van Leeuwenhoek 1681. R.f. related to water borne transmission: backpacking, recreational water use, shallow well for drinking water.
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Los perros con #giardiasis recurrente fueron significativamente más propensos a haber sido tratados con un fármaco distinto al fenbendazol
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Giardia is a truly unique creature. When I saw it for the first time on some drawing, I immediately though "what a mini alien is this!". Now, year later, I am studying this ancient creature at Uppsala University and it keeps amazing me)
#Giardia #Giardiasis #parasite #art #science
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#Giardiasis is not a disease of tropical or developing countries. It concerns the entire world! Still, data on the drug resistance of Giardia is not collected systematically, as it is done for bacterial #enteropathogens. There is no #vaccine for giardiasis prevention for humans either.
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Let’s make a list of possible diseases infection etc #RFKJr could get! 1 #giardiasis AKA #beaverfever
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#giardiasis tinidazole single dose is drug of choice. Alternatives: metronidazole, nitazoxanide & albendazole. Post-giardia lactose intolerance should be considered if tx appears to fail. #idsky
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#giardiasis US 20k cases annually. More frequent in kids 1-9 yrs & adults 35-45 yrs. Low income countries: all kids are infected by age 10. #idsky
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#giardiasis microscopic stool exam: cysts (more common) or trophozoites (correlate w/symptomatic inf). Commercial giardiasis cysts Ag kits which use immunoassay or immunofluorescence or chromatographic detection. #Idsky
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#giardiasis for symptomatic dz: 1-2 wk incubation period post exposure: diarrhea which may be self-limited but upto 6wks or longer in absence of tx. physical normal. consider if diarrhea>5-7 (vs viral where diarrhea resolves in 3-5d) #idsky
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#giardiasis course highly variable from transient colonization to prolonged infection & from asymptomatic to severe diarrhea/wt loss. Symptomatic pts have villous shortening. No toxin-mediated diarrhea #Idsky
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#giardiasis increase incidence in children who attend daycare reflects fecal-oral transmission, MSM transmission due to oral-anal sexual contact. HIV not a significant risk factor Hypogammaglobulinemia is associated risk factor. Impaired gastric acid secretion also increases risk #idsky
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#giardiasis small intestinal infection from flagellated protozoan parasite G lamblia likely first reported by Van Leeuwenhoek 1681. R.f. related to water borne transmission: backpacking, recreational water use, shallow well for drinking water. #idsky
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