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AGENTS USED IN COMMON HELMINTHIC INFESTATIONS  Common helminthic infestations Drug/s of choice Alternative Drug/s

NEMATODES  

Ascaris lumbricoides

(round worm) Albendazole or

Mebendazole or

Pyrantel Piperazine

  

Enterobius vermicularis

(pinworm, threadworm) Albendazole or

Mebendazole or

Pyrantel Piperazine

  

Trichuris trichiura

(whipworm) Mebendazole Albendazole

  

Ancylostoma duodenale

Necator americanus

(hookworms) Albendazole or

Mebendazole or

Pyrantel  

  

Strongyloides stercoralis Thiabendazole Albendazole

Mebendazole

  

Ancylostoma braziliense

(cutaneous larva migrans) Thiabendazole Albendazole

  

Toxocara canis / cati

(visceral larva migrans) Diethylcarbamazine or

Thiabendazole Mebendazole

  

Wuchereria brancrofti Diethylcarbamazine  

Brugia malayi Diethylcarbamazine  

Loa loa Diethylcarbamazine  

Onchocerca volvulus

(filarial infections) Ivermectin  

  

CESTODES  

Taenia saginata

(beef tapeworm) Niclosamide or

Praziquantel Albendazole or

Mebendazole

  

Taenia solium

(pork tapeworm) Niclosamide or

Praziquantel Albendazole or

Mebendazole

  

Cysticercosis

(pork tapeworm larval stage) Praziquantel or Albendazole  

  

Diphyllobothrium latum

(fish tapeworm) Niclosamide or

Praziquantel  

  

Hymenolepsis nana

(dwarf tapeworm) Praziquantel Niclosamide

  

  

Echinococcus granulosis Surgery  

Echinococcus muiltilocularis

(hydatid disease) Albendazole Mebendazole

  

TREMATODES  

Schistosoma haematobium Praziquantel Metriphonate

Schistosoma mansoni

(bilharzia) Praziquantel Oxamniquine

 

 

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