Nitazoxanide for the treatment of intestinal protozoan and helminthic infections in Mexico

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 701-703

  Cabello, Raúl Romero ^a,b   Guerrero, Lilía Robert ^a   Muñóz García, Maria Del Rocio ^b   Cruz, Alberto Geyne ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Ascaris lumbricoides; Blastocystis homini; Chemotherapy; Entamoeba dispar; Entamoeba histolytica; Enterobius vermicularis; Giardia duodenalis; Hymenolepis nana; Intestinal parasitosis; Isospora belli; Nitazoxanide; Trichuris trichiura

Indexed keywords

ANTISPOROZOAL AGENT; DAXON; NITAZOXANIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BLASTOCYSTIS; CHILD; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; FECES ANALYSIS; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; HELMINTHIASIS; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; HYMENOLEPIS NANA; ISOSPORA BELLI; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEXICO; MIXED INFECTION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; TRICHURIS;

ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BLASTOCYSTIS; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; HYMENOLEPIS NANA; ISOSPORA BELLI; PROTOZOA; TRICHURIS; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; VERMES;

EID: 0031446057     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90531-9     Document Type: Article

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