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albendazole

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albendazole /al·ben·da·zole/ (al-ben´dah-zōl) a broad-spectrum anthelmintic used against many helminths and in the treatment of hydatid disease and neurocysticercosis.
albendazole
[al-ben′dah-zōl]
a broad-spectrum anthelmintic used against many parasites, including those that cause echinococcosis and cysticercosis.

albendazole [al-ben´dah-zōl]
a broad-spectrum anthelmintic used against many parasites, including in treatment of hydatid disease and cysticercosis.

albendazole
a benzimidazole anthelmintic with high efficiency in sheep and cattle against all intestinal nematodes, except Trichuris spp., and intestinal tapeworms and lungworms and, with increased dose rates, will kill adult liver fluke.

albendazole
Parasitology An inexpensive benzimidazole-type scolicidal anthelmintic, with a broad range of anti-parasitic activity against nematodes–roundworms, cestodes–flatworms, protozoa, and possibly, microsporidiosis; it is not FDA-approved; albendazole can be used in conjunction with percutaneous drainage for managing hepatic hydatid cysts Susceptible organisms Ascaris lumbricoides, Giardia lamblia, hookworms–Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus, Hymenolepsis nana, Opisthorchis viverrini, Strongyloides stercoralis, Taenia solium, Trichuris trichiuria Adverse effects Abdominal pain, headaches, vertigo, N&V, alopecia, ↑ aminotransferase, neutropenia. See Benzimidazole, Hydatid cyst disease.


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Parasite-Specific IgG Response and Peripheral Blood Eosinophil Count Following Albendazole Treatment for Presumed Chronic Strongyloidiasis.
But because of the enormous numbers of people that need to be treated and the necessity of repeated treatments due to high re-infection rates, the development of resistance to albendazole is a serious threat to large-scale de-worming efforts," Aroian added.
 
 
 
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