Metronidazole and amebiasis |
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Authors: | Lt Col MC US Army E. Dale Everett MD FACP |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Medicine, Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, 80240, Denver, Colorado
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Abstract: | Previous reports indicate that metronidazole is highly effective in the therapy of colonic amebiasis and in the treatment of hepatic amebic abscesses when combined with aspiration. A retrospective review of 15 cases of intestinal amebiasis and 12 patients with amebic liver abscesses treated with metronidazole alone is reported. Based on the literature and the clinical response of the patients reported herein, metronidazole is the initial drug of choice in the therapy of amebic colitis because of its ease of administration, efficacy, and low toxicity. In the treatment of hepatic amebic abscesses, metronidazole alone is adequate therapy for most cases, but occasionally there will be progression of the disease despite standard dosages of the drug. |
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