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Implementación de una estrategia de medicamentos en red: el caso de praziquantel

Rev. chil. infectol; 39 (2), 2022
Resumen Las infecciones parasitarias provocan una enorme carga de enfermedad y constituyen un problema presente para la salud pública. Las enfermedades emergentes o reemergentes se ven influenciadas por fenómenos del mundo actual interconectado producto de la globalización, el desplazamiento de las pe...

Praziquantel-encapsulated niosomes against Schistosoma mansoni with reduced sensitivity to praziquantel

Biomédica (Bogotá); 42 (1), 2022
Introduction: Praziquantel (PZQ) is the only commercially available drug for schistosomiasis. The current shortage of alternative effective drugs and the lack of successful preventive measures enhance its value. The increase in the prevalence of PZQ resistance under sustained drug pressure is, therefore,...

Prurito anal en niños cubanos con dipylidiosis
Anal pruritus in Cuban children with dipylidiasis

Rev. cuba. pediatr; 93 (), 2021
Introducción: La dipylidiosis es una zoonosis parasitaria producida por Dipylidium caninum. La infección es más frecuente en niños que en adultos debido al estrecho contacto de los primeros con mascotas (perros y gatos). La dipylidiosis es una enfermedad benigna y autolimitada, generalmente cursa de ...

In vivo effect of essential oil of Mentha x villosa and its active compound against Schistosoma mansoni (Sambon, 1907)

Braz. j. biol; 80 (3), 2020
Abstract Schistosomiasis treatment is dependent on a single drug, praziquantel (PZQ). The development of resistance of PZQ has drawn the attention of many researchers to alternative drugs. One viable and promising treatment is the study of medicinal plants as a new approach to the experimental treatment ...

Schistosomal myeloradiculopathy in a non-endemic area

ABSTRACT Objective: To report a schistosomal myeloradiculopathy case in a non-endemic area. Case description: A previously healthy 11-year-old boy, stricken by an acute loss of strength on his lower limbs, followed by a loss of strength on his upper limbs and upper body, associated with altered sensiti...

Neurocisticercosis racemosa gigante resistente al tratamiento farmacológico convencional. Reporte de un caso clínico y revisión de la literatura

Rev. MED; 27 (2), 2019
Resumen: La teniosis/cisticercosis es una enfermedad parasitaria causada por la infección del estado larvario de Taenia solium. La Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) considera esta patología un problema de salud pública, así como una infección olvidada. Las manifestaciones pueden variar según ...

Neobenedenia melleni (Monogenea: Capsalidae) in ornamental reef fish imported to Brazil

Abstract The capsalid monogenean Neobenedenia melleni is known as a lethal pathogen for captured marine teleost ornamental fish, if left untreated. This study reports the occurrence of N. melleni parasitizing four species of ornamental reef fish imported into Brazil and maintained in quarantine: Arabian...

Schistosomiasis mansoni in families of fishing workers of endemic area of Alagoas

Abstract Objective: To analyze the epidemiological and clinical aspects involved in the transmission and manifestation of schistosomiasis in a community of fishermen from the endemic area of Alagoas. Methods: Epidemiological, transversal, prospective, descriptive, quantitative study. The coproparasitol...

Diagnóstico de Inermicapsifer madagascariensis en dos niños
Diagnosis of Inermicapsifer madagascariensis in two children

Rev. cuba. med. mil; 46 (4), 2017
Se presentan los casos de dos niños, hermanos, de los cuales se recibieron muestras de heces fecales en el laboratorio de microbiología del municipio Güines, provincia Mayabeque. Las muestras contenían minúsculos proglótides, que resultaron ser de Inermicapsifer madagascariensis. Luego del tratamie...

Neuropsychiatric manifestations and epidemiology of neurocysticercosis

Rev. bras. neurol; 53 (1), 2017
Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is the brain infection caused by larval stages of the helminth Taenia solium. The embryos of Taenia travel through the bloodstream and can reach the brain, muscles, eyes, and various organs. In the brain, the psychiatric manifestations are mood disorders, depression and anxiety, ...