Minute Treatment with Tinidazole and Orni· dazole in Children with An1ebic Dysentery

  • Mangsang Sitepu Department of Child Health, University of Sumatera Utara/Dr. Pirngadi Hospital, Medan, North Sumatera
  • Chairuddin P. Lubis Department of Child Health, University of Sumatera Utara/Dr. Pirngadi Hospital, Medan, North Sumatera
  • A. H. Sutanto Department of Child Health, University of Sumatera Utara/Dr. Pirngadi Hospital, Medan, North Sumatera
  • Helena Siregar Department of Child Health, University of Sumatera Utara/Dr. Pirngadi Hospital, Medan, North Sumatera
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14238/pi22.7-8.1982.132-7
Keywords: tinidazole, ornidazole, amebic dysentery

Abstract

At the Department of Child Health, sub-division of Gastroenterology, Pirngadi Hospirta/, Medan., 41 children were given a single dose treatment with either Tinidazole or Ornidazole. Both drugs were used in a single dose of 50 mg/kg BW. Patients -were randomly assigned to the Tinidazole regimen ( 19 children) or to the Omidazole regimen (22 children).

A double blind method was used in the treatment. In both groups, clinical and parasitological cure assessed on day 4 were excellent.

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Published
1982-08-30
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Sitepu M, Lubis C, Sutanto AH, Siregar H. Minute Treatment with Tinidazole and Orni· dazole in Children with An1ebic Dysentery. PI [Internet]. 30Aug.1982 [cited 1May2024];22(7-8):132-. Available from: https://paediatricaindonesiana.org/index.php/paediatrica-indonesiana/article/view/1621
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Vol 22 No 7-8 (1982): July - August 1982
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Pediatric Gastrohepatology

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Received 2017-08-24
Accepted 2017-08-24
Published 1982-08-30