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Giardiasis Following Gastric Surgery
Author(s) -
Slonim J. M.,
Ireton H. J. C.,
Smallwood R. A.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0004-8291
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1976.tb03040.x
Subject(s) - medicine , giardia lamblia , giardia , surgery , infestation , gastroenterology , pathology , veterinary medicine , botany , biology
Summary: Giardiasis following gastric surgery. A patient is presented who developed acute life‐threatening diarrhoea due to infestation with Giardia lamblia. We propose that the severity of the illness may have been related to hypochlorhydria following gastric surgery.