[Nitazoxanide ("Alinia")--a promising antiparasitic drug].
In present-day world intestinal parasitic infections are gaining importance as a cause of morbidity and mortality. One of the reasons behind it is the globalization and increased number of people travelling to endemic areas of parasitic diseases. Consequently, we need to treat increasing number of patients showing symptoms of such diseases. Unfortunately, the array of available and efficient antiparasitic drugs has been shrinking. Their efficacy decreases and quite often the side effects are serious. In this paper we would like to focus on a new promising "nitazoxanide" (active substance). "Nitazoxanide" proved its efficacy in the treatment of nematode-, cestode-, trematode- and protozoan infections.
Bojar
Hubert
H
Zakład Higieny i Parazytologii Srodowiska, Instytut Medycyny Wsi im. Witolda Chodźki, ul. Jaczewskiego 2, 20-090 Lublin. hbojar@interia.pl
Knap
Józef P
JP
D000818:Animals; D000977:Antiparasitic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002590:Cestode Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D009349:Nematode Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D009574:Nitro Compounds; D011528:Protozoan Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D013844:Thiazoles / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014201:Trematode Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*
D000977:Antiparasitic Agents; D009574:Nitro Compounds; D013844:Thiazoles; C041747:nitazoxanide