Failure of repeated treatment with praziquantel and arthemeter in four patients with acute schistosomiasis.
J Travel Med
; 21(2): 133-6, 2014.
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| ID: mdl-24455977
ABSTRACT
Schistosomiasis is on the rise but still difficult to treat in international travelers; it should be suspected in patients returning from endemic areas. Praziquantel (PZQ) is not effective and may aggravate symptoms. More recently, combination treatment with artemisinin derivatives have shown promising results. We report four cases of acute schistosomiasis (AS) in which several courses of combined therapy had been necessary to obtain negative serology.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Contexto em Saúde:
3_ND
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Praziquantel
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Esquistossomose
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Viagem
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Artemisininas
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Lactonas
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Animals
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Africa
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Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Travel Med
Ano de publicação:
2014
Tipo de documento:
Article