Treatment of parasitic infections in children presents many challenges for the clinician. Although parasitic infections are ubiquitous on a worldwide basis, with an estimated 1 billion persons infected with intestinal helminthes alone, physicians in the United States and other developed countries are often unfamiliar with the management of these diseases. Children are traveling internationally ...

Elements such as gold and silver have been used to treat various diseases since ancient times. These elements, which are today, diversified sized with many researches. Recently, it is seen that nanoparticles frequently in the medical field. Nanoparticles can be 1-1000 nanometers size gain biological, physical chemical functionality due their nano size. The type of these chosen according area th...

Immunocompromised patients as those with renal transplant, hematological neoplasia or cancer and HIV/AIDS infection can suffer acute reactivation of Chagas disease. Central nervous system (CNS) evolvement (cerebral tumor or chagoma and diffuse meningoencephalitis) is similar to other opportunistic infections that present with cerebral expansive processes like toxoplasmosis or CNS primary lympho...

Ronidazole, a nitroimidazole that has in vivo antiparasitic and antimycoplasmal activity, also has some in vivo antibacterial activity.

Nitazoxanide is a new thiazolide antiparasitic agent that shows excellent in vitro activity against a wide variety of protozoa and helminths. It is given by the oral route with good bioavailability and is well tolerated, with primarily mild gastrointestinal side effects. At present, there are no documented drug-drug interactions. Nitazoxanide has been licensed for the treatment of Giardia intes...

Four new tetromycin derivatives, tetromycins 1-4 and a previously known one, tetromycin B (5) were isolated from Streptomyces axinellae Pol001(T) cultivated from the Mediterranean sponge Axinella polypoides. Structures were assigned using extensive 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopy as well as HRESIMS analysis. The compounds were tested for antiparasitic activities against Leishmania major and Trypanos...