Efficacy of multiple dose mebendazole against trichuriasis in Thai and Karen patients
Nontasut, P.; Waikagul, J.; Yamput, S.; Muennoo, C.
Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health 31(3): 460-462
2000
ISSN/ISBN: 0125-1562 PMID: 11289001 Document Number: 524005
Treatment of trichuriasis with mebendazole 500 mg for three days, and 100 mg twice daily for three days, yielded cure rates of 93.9 and 88.9% in Thai patients, while the cure rates in Karen patients were 96.2 and 95.5% respectively. The total number of Thai and Karen trichuriasis patients were 60 and 48, when tested by modified cellophane thick smear Kato-Katz technique. There were no significant differences among the two groups of patients and doses of treatment (p > 0.05).