Successful treatment of Capillaria hepatica infection in an acutely ill adult.
A man with massive Capillaria hepatica infection survived after treatment with prednisone, disophenol, and pyrantel tartrate. He remained well during an 8-year follow-up.
D000328:Adult; D000969:Antinematodal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002195:Capillaria; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009349:Nematode Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D009596:Nitrophenols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011715:Pyrantel / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D011717:Pyrantel Tartrate / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D000969:Antinematodal Agents; D009596:Nitrophenols; C004862:disophenol; D011715:Pyrantel; D011717:Pyrantel Tartrate; D011241:Prednisone