| [incidence and clinical features of giardia lamblia]. | to determine the incidence and clinical features of giardia lamblia infection, we studied 1790 patients at kochi medical school hospital from april 1998 to july 2001. fecal samples were examined microscopically by the direct smear method, direct immunofluorescent assay and by kohn's one-step staining for g. lamblia cysts. cysts of g. lamblia were found in 17 of 1,790(0.95%) stool samples, indicating that g. lamblia infection is not rare in kochi. the most characteristic feature was that g. lambl ... | 2003 | 12924246 |