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BACKGROUND
Chronic hepatitis B virus and schistosomiasis are independently associated with significant mortality and morbidity worldwide. Despite much geographic overlap between these conditions and no reason why co-infection should not exist, we present what is, to the best of our knowledge, the
A double-blind placebo-controlled study of the concurrent administration of albendazole and praziquantel was conducted in>1500 children with high prevalences of geohelminths and schistosomiasis. The study sites were in China and the Philippines, including 2 strains of Schistosoma japonicum, and 2
2-Cyclohexylcarbonyl-1,2,3,6,7,11b-hexahydro-4H-pyrazino [2,1-a]isoquinolin-4-one (praziquantel, EMBAY 8440, Biltricide) was administered to 78 patients aged from 6 to 18 years. They were divided into 3 groups, receiving single doses of 30 mg and 40 mg/kg b.w. and 2 doses of 20 mg/kg b.w. (at an
The authors study the results of a treatment of 700 cases of bilharziasis seen in Paris and in two foci in Togo, by oxamniquine, oltipraz or praziquantel. The three drugs are well tolerated; only a few mild side-effects were reported such as discomfort, nausea, headaches (two cases of acrodynia with
A 29-year-old woman with ovale malaria (most likely contracted, together with asymptomatic schistosomiasis, in East Africa two years previously) had fever, nausea and confusion, jaundice, anaemia, thrombocytopenia, hyponatraemia and hypokalaemia. She was initially diagnosed with and treated for
A 28-year-old Marine Corps officer developed Katayama fever with central nervous system (CNS) manifestations 6 weeks after swimming on Leyte Island in the Philippines. Symptoms consisted of fever, nausea and vomiting, focal visual field deficits and mild confusion. CAT-scan of the patient's head
Hematobium species of this parasite tends to bladder and mesenteric arteries and it causes lesions in the bladder wall, urethra, and renal tubes. A 25-year-old man living in Tehran (a non-endemic and very rare area for schistosoma) suffers from symptoms such as hematuria with suprapubic pain,
40 patients--5 to 50 years of age--voiding eggs of Schistosoma haematobium in their urine--underwent treatment with Metrifonate at the OPD of Bong Mine Hospital, Liberia. The patients received 10 mg/kg body weight 3 times at a fortnight's interval. The drug was swallowed under medical supervision.
Small bowel obstruction (SBO) is a common surgical condition, while Meckel's diverticulum (MD) is the most common congenital anomaly of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, for which differential diagnosis is considered among children. Intestinal parasitosis refers to a group of disease BACKGROUND
Soil-transmitted helminths and schistosomiasis are mostly prevalent in developing countries due to poor sanitation and lack of adequate clean water. School-age children tend to be the target of chemotherapy-based control programmes because they carry the heaviest worm and egg burdens. The
Clinical gastro-intestinal manifestations were studied in 34 patients in the initial phase of schistosomiasis mansoni. The patients, all men, were of similar age and in similar nutritional condition and had been infected simultaneously at the same transmission site. Most (85%) showed some
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Caused by Schistosoma mansoni, intestinal bilharziasis is endemic in west central Africa, the Arabic peninsula, the Caribbean Islands and the Atlantic cost of South America. Young adults emit large quantities of eggs in stools. CLINICALLY: The adult stage of Schistosoma mansoni lives in
OBJECTIVE
To describe published cases of cerebral mansoni schistosomiasis and three others and discuss the diagnosis and treatment of cerebral pseudotumoral schistosomiasis.
METHODS
In case 1, a 20-year-old man presented with occipital headache, intense dizziness, visual alterations, nausea,
Clinical and laboratory findings and hepatitis B virus (HBV) markers were compared in 105 patients with uncomplicated schistosomiasis mansoni, schistosomiasis haematobium, or both infections. 34 (32%) had HBs antigen (Ag); 51 (49%) had anti-HBs and/or anti-HBc; 20 (19%) had no markers for HBV. In
OBJECTIVE
To observe the compliance of film-coated praziquantel tablets in the schistosomiasis transmission controlled areas, so as to provide the evidence for the establishment of chemotherapy intervention measures in these areas.
METHODS
In the areas of schistosomiasis transmission controlled in