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Giardia lamblia outbreak in a daycare nursery
This case study is about a day care in which toddlers have been getting diarrhea. The day care (which is located in Juneau, Alaska) has been getting these outbreaks for the past five years. This daycare only accepted children two and a half if potty trained and three year olds who weren’t. The daycare has not been doing the correct precautions to avoid having these outbreaks, such as not correctly washing hands and not accepting children who were ill. A little more than half the children have been having foamy diarrhea longer than a week, had loss of appetite and bloating. The daycare have sampled the stool of the children and lab results have reported that the pathogen in which is making all these children have these symptoms was Giardia lamblia. The lab had then discovered that from the nursery nine of ten of the children who younger than 16 months, and four of the twenty-four between 16 months and 3 years old were affected all with the same pathogen.
Giardia lamblia is a flagella protozoan and it multiplies by binary fission. It is one of the most common to cause diarrhea. It can be in two different types, either cyst or trophozoite. The case study involved a cyst, which are typically oval shaped and are shells that contain the G. lamblia inside. It is a parasite which means it needs a host to stay alive. However, since it contains cysts, these cysts allow for G. lamblia to live without a need for a host for a couple of months. The cyst work well in water and since G. lamblia are found in streams of water or sewers, they have become resistant to disinfections such as chlorination. Once a host digest or swallow the cyst, that is when the host is initially
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...even against strains that were already resistant to metronidazole. Reason being, is auranofin using a different mechanism of action than metronidazole. The only bad fall of auranofin is that is only works and is limited to the small intestine. Auranofin has been previously used to treat some cases of arthritis and rheumatoid. Although auranofin isn’t used on humans yet ( since they will still need to do clinical trials and have proper treatment dosage for humans) it is a compound that will be used if patients who take metronidazole isn’t working to get rid of the pathogen.
Giardia lamblia is not a pleasant pathogen to have, so always practice good
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hygiene. Especially if you have a child and in places like day cares. If you suspect that you are infected with this pathogen you should consult with a doctor so if treatment is needed, you can start in immediately.

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