A study of the effectiveness of mebendazole and pyrantel pamoate as a combination anthelmintic in Papua New Guinean children
Shield, J.
Papua and New Guinea Medical Journal 28(1): 41-44
1985
ISSN/ISBN: 0031-1480 PMID: 3862315 Document Number: 251297
A mixture of 150 mg mebendazole and 30 mg pyrantel pamoate was given on 3 consecutive or near-consecutive days to 70 children infected with one or more of Nectar americanus, Ascaris lumbricoides, Stronglyloides stercoralis, S. fuelleborni-like and Trichuris trichiura. This treatment had an efficacy of 95 per cent for N. americanus infections, 100 per cent for A. lumbricoides, 57 per cent for Strongyloides spp., and 75 per cent for T. trichiura. The results indicate that the treatment given is effective against the infections of N. americanus and A. lumbricoides but is only partially effective for Strongyloides and T. trichiura infections.