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Published in final edited form as: J Infect. 2011 Aug 9;63(5):394–397. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2011.08.002

Table 1.

Spectrum of activity of nitazoxanide based on in vitro, animal and human studies.

Bacteria¹⁷

Clostridium difficile and other Clostridium species

Bacteroides species

Helicobacter pylori

Other Anaerobes (Prevotella, Fusobacterium, Veillonella, Bifidobacterium, Eubacterium, Peptostreptococcus and Ruminococcus)

Parasites, Protozoa¹⁸

Cryptosporidium parvum

Giardia lamblia, Giardia intestinalis, Giardia duodenalis

Blastocystis hominis

Entameba histolytica, Entameba dispar

Cyclospora cayetanensis

Trichomonas vaginalis

Encephalitozoon intestinalis

Isospora belli

Balantidium coli

Enterocytozoon bieneusi

Parasites, Helminths¹⁸

Ascaris lumbricoides

Trichuris trichura

Tenia saginata

Hymenolepis nana

Fasciola hepatica

Ancyclostoma duodenale

Strongyloides stercoralis

Viruses^16,20,21

Norovirus

Rotavirus

Hepatitis B virus

Hepatitis C virus