GIARDIASIS WITH PROTEIN-LOSING ENTEROPATHY - DIAGNOSIS BY FECAL ALPHA1-ANTITRYPSIN DETERMINATION

被引:15
作者
KORMAN, SH
BAROZ, B
MANDELBERG, A
MATOTH, I
机构
[1] Department of Pediatrics, Hadassah University Hospital, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem
关键词
Giardia lamblia; Giardiasis; Hypoproteinemia; Protein-losing enteropathy; α[!sub]1[!/sub]-Antitrypsin;
D O I
10.1097/00005176-199002000-00019
中图分类号
R57 [消化系及腹部疾病];
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摘要
Giardia lamblia infection was documented by jejunal biopsy in a previously healthy 2-year-old boy with acute onset of hypoproteinemia due to protein-losing enteropathy. All symptoms and abnormal laboratory findings resolved with anti-Giardia therapy. This is only the second case report of giardiasis with documented protein- losing enteropathy. Further application of the fecal α1-antitrypsin assay may help to clarify the relationship between Giardia infection and protein-losing enteropathy and its role in development of malnutrition. © 1990 Raven Press, Ltd., New York.
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