Giardiasis in daycare centers at Rancabali tea plantation, Bandung District, Indonesia
Keywords:
Giardia lamblia, daycare center, stool specimen, tea plantation
Abstract
Background In developing countries, the prevalence of giardia-sis in daycare centers is considerably high. There had been inad-
equate report of giardiasis in Indonesia.
Objective To know the prevalence of giardiasis in children and
the number of children with symptomatic and asymptomatic giar-
diasis who attended daycare centers at Rancabali tea plantation,
Bandung district.
Methods This descriptive study was conducted in daycare cen-
ters between August to October 2002. Giardiasis was defined as
the occurrence of G. lamblia cyst in stool specimen independent
from the presence or absence of symptoms. Four of 12 daycare
centers were chosen by cluster random sampling. All children aged
1 to 60 months attending daycare and staying for at least 2 weeks
were included in this study. Three consecutive stool specimen pre-
served by 10% formalin, concentrated by formalin ether, were ex-
amined microscopically to find the G. lamblia cyst.
Results Giardia lamblia cysts were found in 27 (29%) of the 92
children attending the daycare centers at Rancabali tea plantation
(95%CI 20;38.6%). Of these children, 15 showed symptoms such
as diarrhea episodes (8 children), diarrhea (5 children), bloating (5
children), abdominal cramp (5 children), and vomiting (3 children).
Three children showed mild to moderate malnutrition. Ten children
aged 13 to 36 month-old with G. lamblia-positive stool showed such
symptoms.
Conclusion The prevalence of G. lamblia infection in children at-
tending daycare centers at Rancabali tea plantation was almost
similar with other place in developing countries. More than half of
patients had symptomatic disease
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centers. J Pediatr 1984;104:522-6.
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JJ, Meredith BA. Diarrheal illness among infants and
todlers in daycare centers. I. Epidemiology and patho-
gens. J Pediatr 1985;107:495-502.
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Tamir I, Strauss N, et al. Asymptomatic giardiasis in
children. Pediatr Infect Dis J 1989;8:773-9.
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fragilis. Pediatr Clin North Am 1985;32:865-75.
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gitudinal study of Giardia lamblia infection in a daycare
center population. Pediatr Infect Dis J 1990;9:186-9.
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Clin Infect Dis 1997;25:545-9.
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2016-09-26
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Widajanti E, Garna H, Chairulfatah A, Hudaya D. Giardiasis in daycare centers at Rancabali tea plantation, Bandung District, Indonesia. PI [Internet]. 26Sep.2016 [cited 28Nov.2024];43(5):158-1. Available from: https://paediatricaindonesiana.org/index.php/paediatrica-indonesiana/article/view/685
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