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*Treatment | *Treatment | ||
**Antibiotics, e.g. metronidazole (Flagyl). | **Antibiotics, e.g. metronidazole (Flagyl). | ||
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*Diffuse changes. | |||
===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||
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**Size: 12-15 micrometers (long axis) x 6-10 micrometers (short axis) -- if seen completely.<ref>[http://www.water-research.net/Giardia.htm http://www.water-research.net/Giardia.htm]</ref> | **Size: 12-15 micrometers (long axis) x 6-10 micrometers (short axis) -- if seen completely.<ref>[http://www.water-research.net/Giardia.htm http://www.water-research.net/Giardia.htm]</ref> | ||
***Often look like a crescent moon ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Crescent_Moon.JPG image of crescent moon]) or semicircular<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semicircle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semicircle]</ref> -- as the long axis of the organism is rarely in the plane of the (histologic) section. | ***Often look like a crescent moon ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Crescent_Moon.JPG image of crescent moon]) or semicircular<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semicircle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semicircle]</ref> -- as the long axis of the organism is rarely in the plane of the (histologic) section. | ||
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*Changes are typically diffuse, i.e. if multiple biopsies are done the changes are present in all fragments.<ref name=pmid18354756>{{Cite journal | last1 = Freeman | first1 = HJ. | title = Pearls and pitfalls in the diagnosis of adult celiac disease. | journal = Can J Gastroenterol | volume = 22 | issue = 3 | pages = 273-80 | month = Mar | year = 2008 | doi = | PMID = 18354756 }}</ref> | |||
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