Rapid clearance of Giardia lamblia DNA from the gut after successful treatment
W van den Bijllaardt1, I T Overdevest, A G Buiting
1Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology, St Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg, the Netherlands.
Abstract:
To assess the time it takes for a real-time PCR to become negative after treatment of a Giardia lamblia infection, we evaluated two consecutive follow-up samples from 75 infected patients. Approximately 1 week after treatment all samples tested negative, indicating rapid clearance of parasitic DNA after successful treatment.


