Open AccessGiardia in older people
Author(s) -
Megan Cusack
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
age and ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1468-2834
pISSN - 0002-0729
DOI - 10.1093/ageing/30.5.419
Subject(s) - medicine , giardia , weight loss , older people , cancer , diarrhea , pediatrics , gerontology , intensive care medicine , obesity , veterinary medicine
We report two cases of giardiasis in elderly women. Neither patient had been abroad recently and neither had diarrhoea at the time of diagnosis. In the first case, an extensive gastrointestinal cancer work-up was carried out before the diagnosis was made.
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