These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Treatment of intestinal E. histolytica and G. lamblia with metronidazole, tinidazole and ornidazole: a comparative study.
    Author: Bassily S, Farid Z, el-Masry NA, Mikhail EM.
    Journal: J Trop Med Hyg; 1987 Feb; 90(1):9-12. PubMed ID: 3546716.
    Abstract:
    Metronidazole, tinidazole and ornidazole were compared in patients treated for Entamoeba histolytica or Giardia lamblia intestinal infections. Only patients with three positive stool specimens for trophozoites and/or cysts of E. histolytica or G. lamblia by the merthiolate iodine formaldehyde (MIFC) technique were included. Criteria for cure were at least 10 negative stool specimens over 3 weeks after completing therapy. Fifty-three male patients (aged 9-65 years) had E. histolytica infection. Seventeen received metronidazole (1.5 g daily for 10 days), 18 tinidazole (1.5 g daily for 10 days) and 18 ornidazole (1 g daily for 10 days). Metronidazole yielded 88%, tinidazole 67% and ornidazole 94% cure rates. Side reactions were minor. Eighty patients had G. lamblia infection, of whom 20 received metronidazole (0.5 g daily for 10 days), 30 tinidazole (single 2 g dose) and 30 ornidazole (single 1 g dose). Cure rates were 95% for metronidazole, 90% for tinidazole and 97% for ornidazole with no side reactions.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]