title: [Gastrointestinal complaints associated to helminth and protozoan: management by the general practitioner].
abstract: Protozoan and helminthes are frequently associated with persistent digestive complaints, not only in returning travelers from the tropics, but also in industrialized countries. The symptoms are often more vague than those associated to bacterial or viral infections and diarrhea is not always a key feature of the clinical presentation. Three stool examinations and a full blood cells count looking for eosinophilia is the comer stone of the investigations looking for digestive parasites. This article reviews the epidemiology, clinical presentation, diagnostic and management of digestive protozoans and helminthes.
authors.affiliation: PMU, 1011 Lausanne. Nicolas.Senn@hospvd.ch
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Senn
authors.forename: Emilie
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fasel
authors.forename: Serge
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: de Vallière
authors.forename: Blaise
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Genton
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000628:therapy*; D058006:General Practice; D006373:Helminthiasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D011528:Protozoan Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D014195:Travel