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[Blastocystosis: nitazoxanide as a new therapeutic option]
Sérgio Cimerman1, Maria Cecília Teixeira Ladeira, Wilma Assunção Iuliano
13ra. Unidade de Internação, Instituto de Infectologia Emílio Ribas, São Paulo, SP, Brasil. scimerman@uol.com.br
Revista Da Sociedade Brasileira De Medicina Tropical
|August 9, 2003
Abstract:
We report a case of a patient with AIDS and severe immunosuppression who developed diarrhea due to a vacuolar stage of Blastocystis hominis. The patient was treated with nitazoxanide, a 5-nitrothiazole broad-spectrum antiparasitic agent. We obtained complete remission of symptoms and eradication of the parasite. Nitazoxanide is a new treatment option for blastocystosis in AIDS patients. Further studies to test its efficacy are needed.