Abstract
The selective use of praziquantel for the treatment of brain cysticercosis in human beings is described, based upon the results of clinical tests conducted during a 2 year period. Forty patients with clinical diagnosis of cysticercosis, confirmed and documented by CT, were treated. They are divided into four groups, representative of the various forms of the disease. The results assessed by clinical evaluation and sequential CT, give a ten point criterion of the indications for praziquantel.
Full text
PDF
Images in this article
Selected References
These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.
- Frohberg H. Propiedades farmacocinéticas, farmacológicas y toxicológicas del praziquantel. Salud Publica Mex. 1982 Nov-Dec;24(6):605–623. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Frohberg H., Schulze Schencking M. Toxicological profile of praziquantel, a new drug against cestode and schistosome infections, as compared to some other schistosomicides. Arzneimittelforschung. 1981;31(3A):555–565. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Leopold G., Ungethüm W., Groll E., Diekmann H. W., Nowak H., Wegner D. H. Clinical pharmacology in normal volunteers of praziquantel, a new drug against schistosomes and cestodes. An example of a complex study covering both tolerance and pharmacokinetics. Eur J Clin Pharmacol. 1978 Dec 1;14(4):281–291. doi: 10.1007/BF00560463. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Lombardo L., Vasconcelos D., Cruz-Segura H. Tratamiento de la cisticercosis con prazicuantel. Informe preliminar de diez casos. Gac Med Mex. 1983 Jan;119(1):17–22. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Spina Franca A., de Rezende G. L. Alteraciones del líquido cefalorraquídeo con el praziquantel. Salud Publica Mex. 1982 Nov-Dec;24(6):633–636. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Spina-França A., Nobrega J. P., Livramento J. A., Machado L. R. Administration of praziquantel in neurocysticercosis. Tropenmed Parasitol. 1982 Mar;33(1):1–4. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- de Rezende G., Groll E. Praziquantel en el mundo. Salud Publica Mex. 1982 Nov-Dec;24(6):683–690. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]