1. You Can’t Sit Still with Beaver Fever Presented By: Ruth Armstrong Deanett Shaw Christine Spanutius

2. Our Patient: Anthropologist Just returned from New Mexico Diarrhea Abdominal Pain Fever Protozoal Cysts Motile Trophozites

3. Questions We Would Ask: How long has he been experiencing diarrhea? Are his stools bloody? Does he have any other symptoms? Was it possible he drank contaminated water? Where his living conditions in New Mexico sanitary? Has he been around others with similar symptoms? Is he taking medications?

4. The Suspects: Giardia lamblia Dientamoeba fragilis Salmonella Cryptosporidium parvum Blastocystis hominis

5. Our Bug: Giardia lamblia

6. Anatomy of Giardia:

7. Contraction of Giardia:

8. *note beaver swimming in background

9. Treatment: Tnidazole 2 gm orally Nitazoxanicde 500 mg orally Flagyl 250 mg orally

10. Preventing Re-infection: Boil all drinking water for at least 1 minute, then refrigerate when available Use a filtering system

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13. THE END