EXPERIENCE WITH ALBENDAZOLE TREATMENT IN CHILDREN WITH CYSTIC ECHINOCOCCOSIS

The tolerability and efficiency of specific chemotherapy with albendazole were analyzed in 18 patients with cystic echinococcosis at various sites. The most common complication of albendazole treatment was its hepatotoxic effect. Al- bendazole chemotherapy during at least its 3 cycles was observed t...

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Published in:	Meditsinskaia parazitologiia i parazitarnye bolezni no. 2; p. 9
Main Authors:	Legonkov, Yu A, Bronshtein, A M
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	Russian
Published:	Russia (Federation) 01-04-2017
Subjects:	Adolescent Albendazole - administration & dosage Albendazole - adverse effects Animals Anthelmintics - administration & dosage Anthelmintics - adverse effects Child Child, Preschool Cysts - drug therapy Cysts - parasitology Echinococcosis - blood Echinococcosis - drug therapy Echinococcosis - parasitology Echinococcosis - physiopathology Echinococcus - drug effects Echinococcus - pathogenicity Female Humans Liver - drug effects Liver - parasitology Lung - drug effects Lung - parasitology Male Treatment Outcome
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Summary:	The tolerability and efficiency of specific chemotherapy with albendazole were analyzed in 18 patients with cystic echinococcosis at various sites. The most common complication of albendazole treatment was its hepatotoxic effect. Al- bendazole chemotherapy during at least its 3 cycles was observed to be highly effective in preventing recurrent echinococ- cosis in children. If there were small-sized hydatid cysts in the liver and lung, there was a reduction in their number and sizes after 4-5 albendazole treatment cycles.
ISSN:	0025-8326