This study was conducted to workout the prevalence of Gastrodiscus infection in horses in Lahore district and to check the efficacy of oxfendazole, albendazole and ivermectin against Gastrodiscus infection in horses. Five hundred faecal samples were collected and subjected to Coprological examination. From the Gastrodiscus positive horses 28 animals were selected for this study and were divided...

This is a prospective, double-blinded, and placebo-controlled trial evaluating the influence of antihelminthic treatments on asthma severity in individuals living in an endemic area of schistosomiasis. Patients from group 1 received placebo of Albendazole or of Praziquantel and from group 2 received Albendazole and Praziquantel. Asthma severity was assessed by clinical scores and by pulmonary f...

In a randomized open study, we compared the efficacy of a single dose of oral ivermectin (200 microg/kg) and oral albendazole (400 mg/day for 21 days) for the treatment of cutaneous gnathostomiasis. Thirty-one patients were randomly assigned to receive ivermectin (n = 17) or albendazole (n = 14). Thirteen of 17 patients who received ivermectin responded, 3 relapsed, and 1 was unresponsive (cure...

A randomized clinical trial was conducted to compare the effectiveness of albendazole alone and albendazole combined with praziquantel in the treatment of Trichuris trichiura infection. The drug regimens consisted of single dose of albendazole 400 mg (A1, n=34), 3 days of albendazole 400 mg daily (A3, n=34), 5 days of albendazole 400 mg daily (A5, n=35), single dose of albendazole 400 mg plus p...

Fifty four patients with a single parenchymal brain cysticercus in the acute encephalitic phase were studied to outline the features of this form of the disease. Seizures were the presenting symptom in all cases. Twenty six patients had a single seizure and 28 had several seizures before admission. Neurological examination was normal in 45 patients and showed focal signs in nine. All patients h...

OBJECTIVE To determine the efficacy of combination treatment of Albendazole along with liquid nitrogen in cutaneous larva migrans. STUDY DESIGN Quasi-experimental study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Abbasi Shaheed Hospital and The Aga Khan Hospital, Karachi, from December 2008 to December 2010. METHODOLOGY Eighteen cases of cutaneous larva migrans were collected and divided into two groups...

The bioavailability and anthelmintic activity of albendazole-cyclodextrin complexes (ABZ-CDC) compared to albendazole suspensions in carboxymethylcellulose (ABZ-CMC) was assessed in a mouse model for Trichinella infections. Swiss CD-1 mice experimentally infected with T. spiralis were treated with both formulations against enteral (adult worms) and parenteral (migrating and encysted larvae). Or...

Anthelmintic efficacy of levamisole, albendazole, ivermectin and morantel tartrate was evaluated in 75 sheep naturally parasitized with Haemonchus, Trichostrongylus, Oesophagostomum and Ostertagia spp. Results revealed that levamisole, albendazole, ivermectin and morantel tartrate were lOO, 98.82, 97.02 and 76.50 per cent effective, respectively in reducing the eggs per gram of faeces. The anim...