Single dose therapy of giardiasis: a comparative study of tinidazole and metronidazole in pediatric patients

Krishnamurthy, K.A.; Saradhambal, V.

Indian Pediatrics 15(1): 51-56

1978


ISSN/ISBN: 0019-6061
PMID: 669778
Document Number: 132090
In India, 60 children with symptomatic giardiasis diagnosed by stool examination were treated with a single dose of 50 mg/kg body-weight of either tinidazole or metronidazole. Tinidazole was significantly more effective than metronidazole with respect to parasitological cure rates (97% compared to 50%) and to relief of clinical symptoms. Both drugs were well tolerated.

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