[Relationship among total serum IgE, human giardiasis, and actual allergic signs].

The frequent association of human giardiasis with skin damages made the authors measure IgE serum levels by an ultramicroanalytical system in patients with clinical giardiasis, confirmed parasitologically. Possible stimulation of the total serum IgE response is studied, as well as its association with present allergic signs and the relationship with the cure of patients having giardiasis.