Successful Treatment of Human Entamoeba polecki Infection with Metronidazole
- 1 July 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Vol. 29 (4) , 521-523
- https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1980.29.521
Abstract
A 24-year-old woman with Entamoeba polecki infection was successfully treated with metronidazole in a dosage of 750 mg orally thrice daily for 5 days. Examination of two direct smears and two formalin-ether concentrates from specimens collected at 2 days, 1 week, 1 month, and 2 months after the conclusion of therapy revealed no amebae. An indirect hemagglutination test for antibodies to E. histolytica gave a low positive titer of 1:128.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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