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Drug Resistance in the Microaerophilic Parasite Giardia lamblia
The microaerophilic parasite Giardia lamblia is a causative agent of dysentery affecting hundreds of millions of people around the globe every year. The symptoms of the disease, commonly referred to as giardiasis, are diarrhea, nausea, and malabsorption. Treatment of giardiasis is exclusively based...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2015
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4523694/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26258002 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40475-015-0051-1 |
| Sumario: | The microaerophilic parasite Giardia lamblia is a causative agent of dysentery affecting hundreds of millions of people around the globe every year. The symptoms of the disease, commonly referred to as giardiasis, are diarrhea, nausea, and malabsorption. Treatment of giardiasis is exclusively based on chemotherapy with antigiardial drugs, including metronidazole, albendazole, and nitazoxanide. In this review, all drugs currently used in the treatment of Giardia infections are discussed with a special emphasis on treatment failure and drug resistance. |
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