Failure of repeated treatment with praziquantel and arthemeter in four patients with acute schistosomiasis

Liliana Praticò; Bianca Mariani; Enrico Brunetti; Roberta Maserati; Antonella Bruno; Stefano Novati; Guido Chichino

doi:10.1111/jtm.12098

Failure of repeated treatment with praziquantel and arthemeter in four patients with acute schistosomiasis

Liliana Praticò, Bianca Mariani, Enrico Brunetti, Roberta Maserati, Antonella Bruno, Stefano Novati, Guido Chichino

IRCCS Fondazione Policlinico San Matteo

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Abstract

Schistosomiasis is on the rise but still difficult to treat in international travelers; it should be suspected in patients returning from endemic areas. Praziquantel (PZQ) is not effective and may aggravate symptoms. More recently, combination treatment with artemisinin derivatives have shown promising results. We report four cases of acute schistosomiasis (AS) in which several courses of combined therapy had been necessary to obtain negative serology.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	133-136
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Travel Medicine
Volume	21
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/jtm.12098
Publication status	Published - 2014

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Infectious Diseases

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Failure of repeated treatment with praziquantel and arthemeter in four patients with acute schistosomiasis

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