[A bacteriological study on patients with giardiasis and its clinical importance (author's transl)].

Patients referred to the Parasitology Laboratory of Ankara Univ. Med. School were examined with respect to giardiasis. The incidence rate of giardiasis was found to be rather high. When compared with the previous findings, no changes in the rate have been noted so far. Furthermore, when stool specimens from patients with giardiasis were examined bacteriologically, it was found that this protozoon could cause malabsorption and some changes in the intestinal flora.