علاج داء الأميبا الجلدي: نهج تسلسلي بعقارين

References

DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofy161

• Patients with clinical disease require treatment with 2 drugs: an amebicidal tissue-active agent and a luminal cysticidal agent.
• The amebicidal agents include metronidazole and tinidazole, which are both nitroimidazole agents.
• The nitroimidazoles do not effectively eradicate luminal cysts and must be followed by a luminal agent.
• As it may cause diarrhea, paromomycin should not be administered at the same time as the nitroimidazole agent.
• Diloxanide and iodoquinol are alternatives, but neither is available in the United States.