Treatment of patients with refractory giardiasis

Theodore E. Nash; Christopher A. Ohl; Elaine Thomas; Gangadnaran Subramanian; Paul Keiser; Thomas A. Moore

doi:10.1086/320886

Treatment of patients with refractory giardiasis

Theodore E. Nash, Christopher A. Ohl, Elaine Thomas, Gangadnaran Subramanian, Paul Keiser, Thomas A. Moore

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Giardia lamblia is one of the most common parasitic infections. Although standard treatments are usually curative, some immunocompromised patients, including patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome as well as healthy patients, have giardiasis that is refractory to recommended regimens. We report our experience with 6 patients with giardiasis, for whom therapy with a combination of quinacrine and metronidazole resulted in cures for 5 of the 6 patients.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	22-28
Number of pages	7
Journal	Clinical Infectious Diseases
Volume	33
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/320886
State	Published - 2001
Externally published	Yes

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