CHEMOTHERAPY OF INTESTINAL PARASITOSES

Authors
Citation
Nj. Beeching, CHEMOTHERAPY OF INTESTINAL PARASITOSES, Current opinion in infectious diseases, 7(6), 1994, pp. 685-691
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Infectious Diseases
ISSN journal
09517375
Volume
7
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
685 - 691
Database
ISI
SICI code
0951-7375(1994)7:6<685:COIP>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
The past year has seen the reassessment of several antiprotozoal agent s and anthelmintics, particularly in the immunocompromised patient wit h intestinal parasitic infection. These advances are reviewed, with em phasis on the treatment of cryptosporidiosis, microsporidiosis and dis seminated strongyloidiasis. The emergence of drug resistance in giardi asis and mass treatment for geohelminths in areas of high endemicity a re also discussed.