Abstract

HERRERO AGUIRRE, Hidelisa; FERNANDEZ DUHARTE, Jesús; VEGA SAM, Suleidy  and  CANDEL HERRERO, José Antonio. Patients with Giardia lamblia diagnosed through duodenal smear. MEDISAN [online]. 2014, vol.18, n.12, pp.1636-1643. ISSN 1029-3019.

A descriptive and cross sectional study of 105 patients older than 15 years with infection by Giardia lamblia, diagnosed through duodenal smear by means of endoscopy was carried out in the Gastroenterology Service of the Specialties Polyclinic from "Saturnino Lora Torres" Teaching Provincial Clinical Surgical Hospital in Santiago de Cuba, from January to December, 2012, with the objective of characterizing them. Among the analyzed variables there were: age, sex, referred digestive symptoms, positivity of the smear and endoscopic image. The percentage was used as summary measure. Female sex (58.0%), the age group 29-39 years (38.0%), the epigastralgia as main symptom (66.6%) and the endoscopic images grades I and II prevailed as the most frequent (68.4 and 41.3%, respectively). The positivity index for giardiasis was relevant

Keywords : Giardia lamblia; diagnosis; duodenal smear; Gastroenterology Service; secondary health care.

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