Giardia lamblia infection in children attending diarrhoeal unit of Yangon Children Hospital

A hospital-based study was conducted in Yangon from June to November 1994 to examine the importance of a protozoal pathogen Giardia lamblia as one of the causal organismsin acute diarrhoeal disease in children. This study was also carried out to observe the effectiveness of metronidazole on them. The stool samples were collected from diarrhoeal unit of Yangon Children Hospital. A total of 308 stool samples were examined. Giardia lamblia cysts (or) trophozoites were examined under ordinary microscope. If they were present in the stool, the patient was treated with metronidazole and the stool was rechecked again. The results were discussed in this study.