ARTHRITIS WITH LAMBLIASIS-INTESTINALIS (GIARDIASIS) IN ADULTS

ARMAN M.

ZEITSCHRIFT FUR RHEUMATOLOGIE, cilt.50, sa.4, ss.216-218, 1991 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 50 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 1991
  • Dergi Adı: ZEITSCHRIFT FUR RHEUMATOLOGIE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.216-218
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: GIARDIASIS, REACTIVE ARTHRITIS, JOINT INVOLVEMENT, REACTIVE ARTHRITIS, PARASITIC RHEUMATISM
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Joint involvement in giardiasis is reported in children and young persons only with one exception. We present two cases of adult patients (a thirty-year-old woman, 26-year-old man) who developed a slowly aggravating arthritis in PIP-joints, ankles and knees with a tendency to chronification or relapse. Giardiasis was diagnosed by examination of feces. Treatment with ornidazole was effective in arthritic and gastrointestinaly symptoms.