Clinical evaluation in tinidazole in amoebiasis in children.
Forty children with symptomatic intestinal amoebiasis were treated with tinidazole in a single dose of 50 mg/kg for 3 consecutive days. A cure rate of 97% was obtained. Tinidazole was tolerated well in children and proved to be a valuable new amoebicidal drug.
D001459:Bangladesh; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D004404:Dysentery, Amebic / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009593:Nitroimidazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014011:Tinidazole / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D009593:Nitroimidazoles; D014011:Tinidazole