title: The treatment of pleuropulmonary amebiasis with metronidazole.
abstract: One hundred forty patients with pleuropulmonary amebiasis were classified radiographically in order to rationalize therapy based on the use of metronidazole. Amebic testing with gel diffusion, serial chest x-ray films, and observation of the patient's response to treatment have dominated management of the patients, 135 of whom made a successful recovery. Five patients died. Sixty percent of the surviving patients have been reviewed at a follow-up clinic, and there has been no instance of recurrence of amebiasis.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000562:Amebiasis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004653:Empyema / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D008795:Metronidazole / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D008795:Metronidazole