Giardiasis and amebiasis in southern Iran

Mirdehghan, M.M.

Indian Pediatrics 33(5): 431-432

1996


ISSN/ISBN: 0019-6061
PMID: 8979598
Document Number: 462870
Entamoeba histolytica and Giardia lamblia [Giardia duodenalis] were detected by faecal examination in 7.8 and 45.2% of 753 children (0 to 6 years old) from 15 kindergartens in Ahwaz, Khuzestan, Iran. The children were treated with furazolidone and/or metronidazole for G. lamblia and paromomycin and/or metronidazole for E. histolytica.

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