Single dose treatment with praziquantel for human Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense infections.
Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense is a large pseudophyllid cestode and one of the commonest parasites derived from fish in Japan. Three Japanese patients infected with D. nihonkaiense were treated with a single oral dose of 7, 23 or 25 mg/kg of praziquantel. All patients expelled the tapeworm with scolex, and no side effect was noted. This study indicates that single-dose treatment with praziquantel is effective against D. nihonkaiense infection.
Ohnishi
K
K
Department of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo Metropolitan Bokutoh General Hospital, Japan.
Murata
M
M
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D004169:Diphyllobothriasis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D005260:Female; D005399:Fishes; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011223:Praziquantel / Q000008:administration & dosage*
D011223:Praziquantel