Short course combination therapy for giardiasis after nitroimidazole failure.
Recommended first line treatments for giardiasis include the nitroimidazoles and, recently, nitazoxanide. For refractory cases, a combination of two or more drugs may be a viable approach. A review of 10 patients with giardiasis refractory to nitroimidazoles with response to a short course (< 2 weeks), combined treatment is presented.
Lopez-Velez
Rogelio
R
Tropical Medicine and Clinical Parasitology, Infectious Diseases Department, Ramón y Cajal Hospital, Madrid, Spain. rlopezvelez.hrc@salud.madrid.org
Batlle
Carolina
C
Jiménez
Carolina
C
Navarro
Miriam
M
Norman
Francesca
F
Perez-Molina
Jose
J
D000818:Animals; D000977:Antiparasitic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination / Q000379:methods*; D005873:Giardiasis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D009574:Nitro Compounds; D009593:Nitroimidazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013844:Thiazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D017211:Treatment Failure; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000977:Antiparasitic Agents; D009574:Nitro Compounds; D009593:Nitroimidazoles; D013844:Thiazoles; C041747:nitazoxanide