Schistosomiasis in Saudi Arabia
- 1 January 1956
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Vol. 5 (1) , 145-149
- https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1956.5.145
Abstract
In Schistosoma mansoni infections, a cure was obtained in 6 of 12 cases with lucanthone hydrochloride (nilodin) in dosages of 55 to 75 mg/kg and in 12 of 18 cases with sodium antimonyl gluconate (Triostam) in dosages of 13 to 21.6 mg/kg. In S. haematobium infections, one case was cured with 110 mg/kg of lucanthone hydrochloride and 4 of 4 cases were cured with 20 to 24 mg/kg of sodium antimonyl gluconate.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Triostam in schistosomiasisTransactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1954
- Trivalent sodium antimony gluconate in the treatment of schistosomiasisTransactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1950