In vitro determination of the sensitivity to nitazoxanide of four Giardia duodenalis isolates from different hosts;Determinación in vitro de la susceptibilidad a la nitazoxanida de cuatro aislados de Giardia duodenalis obtenidos de diferentes huéspedes

Revista de Investigacion Clinica

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 41-45

  Ponce Macotela, Martha ^a,d,e   Gómez Garduño, Josefina ^a   González Maciel, Angélica ^b   Reynoso Robles, Rafael ^b   Anislado Tolentino, Vicente ^c   Martínez Gordillo, Mario N ^a  

^a Parasitol Medica Inst Nac Pediat   (Mexico)

^b Microscopia Electronica Inst N

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d Becaria del CONACYT ^*  (Mexico)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Anti giardiasics; Giardia duodenalis; Giardiosis; Nitazoxanide; Tinidazole; Treatments

Indexed keywords

BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; NITAZOXANIDE; NITROFURAN; NITROIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; TINIDAZOLE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; GIARDIASIS; MEXICO; PREVALENCE; VARIANCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG RESISTANCE; DUODENUM; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; THIAZOLES; TINIDAZOLE;

EID: 1642541827     PISSN: 00348376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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