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REPORT OF A CASE TREATED WITH NEO-ARSPHENAMIN

JOHN L. KANTOR, M.D.

Arch Intern Med. 1923;32(5):693-704.

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INCIDENCE

It is now generally agreed that Lamblia infection of the intestinal tract is not as rare as it was thought to be before the World War. Surveys in America and in Europe indicate that lambliasis is possibly the second most common of the protozoal infections, being surpassed in frequency only by endamebiasis (Hegner and Payne;¹ Fantham and Porter;² Kofoid, kornhauser and Plate³). In children, at least in those in institutions, the infection is even still more common than in adults (Maxcy⁴).

DIAGNOSIS

Until recently the diagnosis of Lamblia infection could be made only by an examination of the stools. With the increased employment of the intestinal (duodenal) tube, the diagnosis can also be established simply by direct microscopy of the aspirated duodenal contents. Since the active, flagellate form of the parasite is found in the duodenum, it is not necessary to employ the differential staining methods required to identify . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
NEW YORK CITY

Footnotes
Read at the Twenty-Sixth Annual Meeting of the American Gastro-Enterological Association, Atlantic City, N. J., May 1, 1923.

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