The Use of Anthelmintics in the Treatmenlt of Ascariasis

  • Djauhar Ismail Departments of Child Health and Parasitology, Medical School, University of Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Central Java
  • Utomo Utomo Departments of Child Health and Parasitology, Medical School, University of Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Central Java
  • Sugeng Yuwono Departments of Child Health and Parasitology, Medical School, University of Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Central Java
  • Noerhayati S. Departments of Child Health and Parasitology, Medical School, University of Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Central Java
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14238/pi16.9-10.1976.391-5
Keywords: anthelmintic; ascariasis; piperazine; tetramisole; pyrantel pamoate;

Abstract

Ninety-seven children with Ascariasis were treated at randomly with Piperazine, Tetramisole, and Pyrantel pamoate in a single dose with cure rates of 59%, 62%, and 88%, respectively. In the children who were not cured, a reduction in egg count of nearly 80% was found in all three treatment groups. The results of this study showed that Pyrantel pamoate is the most effective of the three drugs.

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2019-09-18
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Ismail D, Utomo U, Yuwono S, S. N. The Use of Anthelmintics in the Treatmenlt of Ascariasis. PI [Internet]. 18Sep.2019 [cited 13Nov.2024];16(9-10):391-. Available from: https://paediatricaindonesiana.org/index.php/paediatrica-indonesiana/article/view/2316
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Vol 16 No 9-10 (1976): September - October 1976
Section
Infection & Tropical Pediatrics

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