Abstract
Fourteen children, aged 6.2 to 1 3.6 years, asymptomatic Giardia Jamblia's carriers, were studied. An tro pome trie evaluation and the following laboratory test, were done before and after treatment with Tinidazole and Mebendazole: hematocrit, blood hemoglobin; plasma total protein, and albumin concentration; basal scrum carotene concentration; vitamin A and D-xylose intestinal absortion test. Significant differences in tricep skinfold, hematocrit, hemoglobin and total plasmatic protein were found between pre and post treatment values. Blood xylose figures were 38.8 ± 8.9 and 57.5 ± 10.8 mg/dl pre and post treatment respectively (p<0.005). Plasma vitamin A levels after a priming dose were 60.5 ± 26.0 and 213 ± 113.0 /^g/dl and change in concentration of vitamin A, 32.7 ± 25.3 and 152.7 ± 115.8 pg/dl before and after treatment respectively (p <C 0.005). This data arc consistent with a significant increment in intestinal absortion rates after apropriate treatment of Giardia lamblia's asymptomatic infections. (
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