ARTHRITIS WITH LAMBLIASIS-INTESTINALIS (GIARDIASIS) IN ADULTS

ARMAN M.

ZEITSCHRIFT FUR RHEUMATOLOGIE, vol.50, no.4, pp.216-218, 1991 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 50 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 1991
  • Journal Name: ZEITSCHRIFT FUR RHEUMATOLOGIE
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.216-218
  • Keywords: GIARDIASIS, REACTIVE ARTHRITIS, JOINT INVOLVEMENT, REACTIVE ARTHRITIS, PARASITIC RHEUMATISM
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: No

Abstract

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.