Transient rise in Opisthorchis egg count after praziquantel treatment

Riganti, M.; Pungpak, S.; Harinasuta, T.; Bunnag, D.

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health 19(2): 335-336

1988


ISSN/ISBN: 0125-1562
PMID: 3227412
Document Number: 311468
A Thai woman was treated with praziquantel at 50 mg/kg for O. viverrini infection. Before treatment, the duodenal juice contained 180 parasite ova/ml, and 12 h after treatment 3486 ova/ml were detected. 5 adult flukes (mostly disintegrated) were recovered from the juice after treatment.

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