Table 1.

Clinical and experimental drug dosages

Treatment	Lowest inhibitory dose (μg/mL)	Clinical dose for amebiasis (mg/kg per day)	Murine dosage (mg/kg)
Metronidazole	< 0.005	32.1	10.0
Tinidazole	< 0.005	28.6	10.0
Nitazoxanide	0.02	14.3	10.0/20.0
Iodoquinol	0.435	27.9	55.7
Chloroquine (base)	> 2.143	8.6	17.1
Emetine	0.058	0.09	1.9
Pyrvinium pamoate	0.117	7.5*	15.0
AMIX	< 0.005	N/A	10.0
VPC16a1006	0.02	N/A	10.0

^*Antihelminthic dose in micrograms per kilogram.