TABLE 8.

Practical recommendations to handle clinical trichinellosis cases^a

Severity code	Recommendation for treatment
Severe and moderately
severe diseases	Hospitalization is compulsory for severe forms and debatable for moderately severe forms
	Administration of anthelmintics (albendazole or mebendazole)
	Monitoring of the pharmacokinetics of anthelmintics (if possible)
	Administration of glucocorticosteroids (e.g., prednisolone), always with anthelmintics
	Compensation of fluid and electrolyte deficits
	Administration of pain killers
Benign, abortive, and
asymptomatic diseases	Administration of anthelmintics (albendazole or mebendazole)
	Administration of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs if necessary

^aModified from reference 29 with permission of the publisher.