[Usefulness of 2 coproparasitological methods and their utilization in an antigiardiasis therapeutic trial].

A study of 456 children aged 1-5 from 4 day care centers of San Miguel del Padron municipality was conducted in 1998, to evaluate the diagnosis of Giardia lamblia and other intestinal protozoa by using comparatively the coproparasitological diagnostic methods of direct examination and Ritchie's concentration technique or formol-ether. Besides, a therapeutical trial was developed with tinidazole and albendazole for treating the infection caused by G lamblia. Ritchie's concentration technique was more effective than the microscopic direct examination for diagnosing Giardia lamblia, Entamoeba histolytical/Entamoeba dispar and Cyclospora cayetanensis.