Prevalence of giardia lamblia in Egyptian children suffering from diarrhea

One hundred children suffering from diarrhoea and 40 nondiarrhoeal cases were the subject of this study. Stool examination revealed a significantly higher prevalence rate of Giardia lamblia in the diarrhoeal patients [33%] compared to the nondiarrhoeal control group [5%], P < 0.01. Abdominal pain, chronic diarrhoea and anorexia were the most common presentations of positive cases