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- Title
Metronidazole treatment for acute phase amoebic liver abscess in patients co-infected with HIV.
- Authors
Ohnishi, K.; Uchiyama-Nakamura, F.
- Abstract
Metronidazole is the drug of choice for invasive amoebiasis; however, it is not known whether its dose or duration require modification in HIV infection when treating invasive amoebiasis. Seven HIV-positive patients with acute phase amoebic liver abscess were treated with daily oral administration of 1500 mg of metronidazole for 10 days. None of the patients required abscess drainage, and metronidazole was effective in all patients without serious side-effects. The CD4 cell count or HIV viral load did not appear to influence the efficacy of metronidazole therapy.
- Subjects
METRONIDAZOLE; AMEBIASIS treatment; ANTIPARASITIC agents; HIV infections; HIV-positive persons; AMEBIC liver abscess; VIRAL load
- Publication
International Journal of STD & AIDS, 2012, Vol 23, Issue 8, pe1
- ISSN
0956-4624
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1258/ijsa.2009.009264