Mebendazole: a preliminary study comparing its efficacy against hookworm with pyrantel pamoate (Combantrin) and bephenium hydroxynaphthoate (Alcopar) in patients at Kenyatta National Hospital
Griffin, L.; Okello, G.B.; Pamba, H.O.
East African Medical Journal 59(3): 214-219
1982
ISSN/ISBN: 0012-835X PMID: 7140603 Document Number: 184332
At Kenyatta National Hospital in Kenya, 15 outpatients infected with hookworm (Necator americanus) were given Alcopar (5 g/day for 3 successive days), another 11 received Combantrin (6 tablets each of 125 mg in one dose) and 12 received Vermox ("3 doses of one tablet of 100 mg twice daily on 3 successive days"). Faecal egg counts were generally low and few patients were anaemic. 2 weeks after treatment faecal samples were free of eggs in 6, 8 and 12 cases, respectively.