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ArticleJournal of family medicine and primary care2023

Trends and clinico-epidemiological profile of patients with Giardiasis: Five-year experience from a university hospital of northern India.

Nidhi Tejan, Tasneem Siddiqui, Pooja Singh, Uday C Ghoshal, Ujjala Ghoshal

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Article in Journal of family medicine and primary care, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nidhi TejanDepartment of Microbiology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rae Bareli Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Tasneem SiddiquiDepartment of Microbiology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rae Bareli Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Pooja SinghDepartment of Microbiology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rae Bareli Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Uday C GhoshalDepartment of Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rae Bareli Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Ujjala GhoshalDepartment of Microbiology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rae Bareli Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences · IN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Giardiasis is an important cause of diarrheal disease and is associated with morbidity in children and adults worldwide. We aimed to study the prevalence of Giardiasis, its clinical presentations, seasonal trends in detection, and coinfection with other intestinal parasites along with comparison of fecal antigen and microscopy for the detection of Giardiasis. Materials and Methods: It is a retrospective study conducted from Jan. 2017 to Dec. 2021 at our university hospital. Iodine and normal saline mounts and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) were used for the detection of Giardiasis in stool samples. Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and diagnostic accuracy of tests were computed. Results: Of 8364 patients, 432 (5.2%) had Giardiasis by microscopy and/or ELISA. Giardiasis was more common in males compared to females (318/5613 [5.6%] vs. 114/2751 [4.1%]; Conclusion: Awareness and knowledge amongst the primary healthcare professionals and family physicians will help in early diagnosis and treatment of Giardiasis. Fecal antigen detection should be done along with microscopy for detection of Giardiasis.

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Diarrheal diseaseenzyme-linked immunosorbent assayepidemiologyGiardiasis

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