Title
Treatment Failure after Multiple Courses of Triclabendazole among Patients with Fascioliasis in Cusco, Peru: A Case Series
Date Issued
25 January 2016
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Public Library of Science
Abstract
Triclabendazole is reported to be highly effective in treatment of human fascioliasis. We present 7 of 19 selected cases of human fascioliasis referred to our center in the Cusco region of Peru that failed to respond to triclabendazole. These were mostly symptomatic adults of both sexes that continued passing Fasciola eggs in the stool despite multiple treatments with 2 doses of triclabendazole at 10 mg/kg per dose. We documented the presence of eggs by rapid sedimentation and Kato Katz tests after each treatment course. We found that repeated triclabendazole courses were not effective against fascioliasis in this group of people. These findings suggest that resistance to triclabendazole may be an emerging problem in the Andes.
Volume
10
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Medicina tropical
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84969427415
PubMed ID
Source
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
ISSN of the container
19352727
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