INDIAN PEDIATRICS 1161 VOLUME 42__NOVEMBER 17, 2005 Nitazoxanide (NTZ) is a novel broadspectrum antiparasitic agent originally discovered in 1980s by J.F. Rossignol. Nitazoxanide is effective in broad range of parasitic and protozoal infections including Giardia lamblia, Entamoeba histolytica, Cryptosporidium spp., Ascaris lumbricoides, Hymenolepis nana and Taenia solium/saginata. In combinatio...

Recipient Swiss albino mice which received sensitized cells from peritoneal exudates (PEC), thymus (T) and bone marrow(BM) were exposed to lead and challenged with human dwarf tapeworm Hymenolepis nana. Oral lead exposure suppressed the immune response as indicatd by low values of different fractions of immunoglobulins and increase in susceptibility to infection at larval and adult developmenta...

Out of 1261 stool specimens collected from children in Dohuk city, northern Iraq, the prevalence of Giardia lamblia infection was 38.5%. The highest rate of infection was in orphan care centres (48.1%) and the lowest in the paediatric hospital (31.3%). The age group 10-12 years had the highest rate (81.2%) and 7-9 years the lowest (22.9%); boys had a higher rate than girls. Some infected sample...

Antibiotic G-418 was shown to be superior to paromomycin and metronidazole in cecal amoebiasis. Of particular interest was the high degree of activity seen with a relatively short treatment at low levels. Although the antibiotic was trichomonacidal in vitro at low levels, in vivo results indicated that at levels tested the antibiotic did not always affect cures. The antibiotic appears to have p...

The prevalence of intestinal parasitic infection was studied by stool examination in institutionalized and non-institutionalized Thai people with mental handicaps. It was found that the prevalence of infection was much higher in institutionalized (57.6%) than in non-institutionalized people (7.5%). The common parasites found in institutionalized people were Trichuris trichiura (29.7%), Entamoeb...

BACKGROUND Alpinia oxyphylla is a common remedy in traditional Chinese medicine. Yakuchinone A is a major constituent of A. oxyphylla and exhibits anti-inflammatory, antitumor, antibacterial, and gastric protective activities. METHODS Antioxidant and antitumor characteristics of yakuchinone A in skin cancer cells as well as novel mechanisms for the inhibition of adipocyte differentiation, ces...

Se determinó la frecuencia del parasitismo intestinal y su relación con el sexo, edad tipo de agua consumo escolares cinco a dieciséis años ciudad Leimebamba, Amazonas-Perú , entre noviembre 2010 febrero 2011. La muestra estuvo conformada por 215 elegidos al azar. Los análisis coproparasitoscópicos se efectuaron en una fecal niño través técnica examen directo. parasitados fue 64.2% halló 5 espe...