Cestode Infections (Tapeworm Infection)

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106 relevant articles (10 outcomes, 11 trials/studies) found for this Disease

Description: Infections with true tapeworms of the helminth subclass CESTODA.

Also Known As:

Tapeworm Infection; Tapeworm Infections; Bertielliases; Cenuriases; Cestode Infection; Coenuriases; Dipylidiases; Infection, Cestode; Infection, Tapeworm; Infections, Cestode; Infections, Tapeworm; Raillietiniases; Bertielliasis; Cenuriasis; Coenuriasis; Dipylidiasis; Raillietiniasis

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Disease Context: Research Results

Parasitic Diseases: 528

Helminthiasis: 264

Cestode Infections: 106

Echinococcosis: 1403

Taeniasis: 141

Hymenolepiasis: 56

Diphyllobothriasis: 26

Monieziasis: 11

Related Diseases

1.	Infection
2.	Trematode Infections (Fasciolopsiasis)
3.	Body Weight (Weight, Body)
4.	Neurocysticercosis
5.	Schistosomiasis (Bilharziasis)

Experts

1.	Khan, Abdul Rashid: 1 article (01/2008)
2.	Nazir, Muzzaffar: 1 article (01/2008)
3.	Shoukat, Abid: 1 article (01/2008)
4.	Zargar, Showkat Ali: 1 article (01/2008)
5.	Lateef, Mohammad: 1 article (01/2008)
6.	Fortier, Bernard: 1 article (08/2007)
7.	Biava, Marie-France: 1 article (08/2007)
8.	Collomb, Jocelyne: 1 article (08/2007)
9.	Montagne, Karine: 1 article (08/2007)
10.	Plénat, François: 1 article (08/2007)

Drugs and Biologics

Drugs and Important Biological Agents (IBA) related to Cestode Infections:

1.	Praziquantel (Biltricide)FDA Link 05/02/1996 - "Praziquantel is effective against many trematode and cestode infections" 01/01/1994 - "The activity of praziquantel against adult and larval cestode infections is reviewed" 02/15/1989 - "CONCLUSIONS: Although praziquantel is the treatment of choice for most human trematode and cestode infections, cost factors have limited its use in developing countries." 06/01/1982 - "Five sheep were infested orally with 5,500 eggs of Taenia multiceps and were treated with praziquantel (Droncit, Bayer) when they showed typical nervous signs of coenuriasis" 09/01/1980 - "Praziquantel for cestode infections in man." Order ALL the reference details at left...
2.	Mebendazole (Vermin)FDA Link 09/01/1985 - "Significance of particle size of mebendazole in the treatment of tapeworm infections." 01/01/1981 - "Effect of mebendazole against Echinococcus granulosus and Taenia hydatigena cysts in naturally infected sheep and relevance to larval tapeworm infections in man." 07/01/1990 - "Studies on the comparative efficacy of mebendazole, flubendazole and niclosamide against human tapeworm infections." 03/01/1986 - "A treatment of taeniasis with mebendazole and praziquantel followed by a re-treatment with atabrine has been done in the field trial, and confirmed that praziquantel is highly effective agent against tapeworm infection, but mebendazole is not" 10/01/1986 - "Intestinal cestode infections respond to treatment with niclosamide and cerebral cysticercosis to praziquantel, but echinococcal hydatid disease still requires surgical intervention in certain cases, although prolonged treatment with mebendazole shows promise" Order ALL the reference details at left...
3.	flubendazoleIBA 07/01/1990 - "Studies on the comparative efficacy of mebendazole, flubendazole and niclosamide against human tapeworm infections." 04/01/1990 - "Whereas praziquantel has revolutionized the management of many cestode and trematode infections, Gordon Cook explains how the introduction of the benzimidazoles - most importantly thiabendazole, mebendazole and recently albendazole (flubendazole, cambendazole, ciclobendazole, and triclabendazole have also been used on a very limited scale) - has had a major impact upon the safe and effective management of several important intestinal and systemic nematode and, to a leser extent, cestode infections." Order ALL the reference details at left...
4.	Niclosamide FDA Link 04/01/1985 - "Niclosamide therapy for tapeworm infections." 03/01/1979 - "Thus, niclosamide seems to be an effective, relatively nontoxic drug for the initial therapy of these cestode infections." 04/01/1966 - "Therapeutic experiences with Yomesan (Bayer) in human tapeworm infections]" 04/18/1964 - "TREATMENT OF HUMAN TAPEWORM INFECTIONS WITH YOMESAN: SINGLE DOSE TREATMENT IN NON-FASTING SUBJECTS." 01/05/1963 - "The treatment of human tapeworm infections with 'Yomesan'." Order ALL the reference details at left...
5.	Paromomycin (Paromomycin Sulfate)FDA LinkGeneric 03/01/1983 - "Recently, it has been reported that paromomycin sulfate has marked anthelmintic efficacy against tapeworm infections in man" 03/01/1983 - "The present case may be the 2nd to have been successfully treated with paramomycin sulfate and the 21st case of Mesocestoides tapeworm infection in man described in the literature." 06/01/1971 - "Case of tapeworm infection treated by paromomycin and observations on its mode of action]" 05/01/1967 - "A propos of antibiotic therapy (with paromomycin) in some cestode infections]" 01/01/1981 - "During the period under review, niclosamide, introduced in 1960 has been regarded as the drug of choice for the treatment of human tapeworm infections with paromomycin as a possible alternative" Order ALL the reference details at left...
6.	Albendazole (Albenza)FDA Link 01/01/1986 - "Albendazole, a broad-spectrum anthelmintic, in the treatment of intestinal nematode and cestode infection: a multicenter study in 480 patients." 01/01/1983 - "A total of 870 patients, both males and females, from 3 to 79 years old, received either albendazole or a placebo for the treatment of nematode and cestode infections" 01/01/1986 - "Recent advances have focussed on treatment, and especially the introduction of the benzimidazole compounds (especially albendazole) for nematode, and praziquantel for cestode, infections" 04/01/1990 - "Whereas praziquantel has revolutionized the management of many cestode and trematode infections, Gordon Cook explains how the introduction of the benzimidazoles - most importantly thiabendazole, mebendazole and recently albendazole (flubendazole, cambendazole, ciclobendazole, and triclabendazole have also been used on a very limited scale) - has had a major impact upon the safe and effective management of several important intestinal and systemic nematode and, to a leser extent, cestode infections." Order ALL the reference details at left...
7.	Thiabendazole (Mintezol)FDA Link 03/01/1980 - "Anthelmintic drugs of choice include: mebendazole for roundworm, pinworm, whipworm and hookworm infections; niclosamide for tapeworm infections, and thiabendazole for trichinosis." 04/01/1990 - "Whereas praziquantel has revolutionized the management of many cestode and trematode infections, Gordon Cook explains how the introduction of the benzimidazoles - most importantly thiabendazole, mebendazole and recently albendazole (flubendazole, cambendazole, ciclobendazole, and triclabendazole have also been used on a very limited scale) - has had a major impact upon the safe and effective management of several important intestinal and systemic nematode and, to a leser extent, cestode infections." 06/01/1976 - "Favored chemotherapeutic agents currently are: for amebiasis--metronidazole and diiodohydroxyquin; for giardiasis--metronidazole; for tapeworm infections--niclosamide; for enterobiasis--pyrantel pamoate, piperazine citrate, or pyrvinium pamoate; for ascariasis--piperazine citrate; for stronglyoidiasis--thiabendazole; for trichuriasis--mebendazole; for hookworm infection--pyrantel pamoate; for schistosomiasis japonica--tartar emetic; and for schistosomiasis mansoni--niridazole." Order ALL the reference details at left...
8.	Diatrizoate Meglumine (Gastrograffin)FDA LinkGeneric 11/01/1991 - "Tapeworm infections can be cured by intraduodenal injection of "Gastrografin" (Schering)" 08/01/1999 - "This is the first case of treatment of cestode infection by oral administration of Gastrografin." 08/01/1999 - "A diphyllobothriid cestode infection found in a 54-year-old male residing in Oita, Japan, was successfully treated by oral administration of Gastrografin in combination with a intramuscular injection of Vagostigmin" 11/15/1986 - "Thirteen patients with tapeworm infection, seven with Diphyllobothrium latum and six with Taenia saginata, were treated by the introduction of a radio-opaque contrast medium, 'Gastrografin', into the duodenum through a duodenal tube" Order ALL the reference details at left...
9.	Heterophile AntigensIBA 08/01/2006 - "Effective protection against experimental Taenia solium tapeworm infection in hamsters by primo-infection and by vaccination with recombinant or synthetic heterologous antigens." Order ALL the reference details at left...
10.	CambendazoleIBA 04/01/1990 - "Whereas praziquantel has revolutionized the management of many cestode and trematode infections, Gordon Cook explains how the introduction of the benzimidazoles - most importantly thiabendazole, mebendazole and recently albendazole (flubendazole, cambendazole, ciclobendazole, and triclabendazole have also been used on a very limited scale) - has had a major impact upon the safe and effective management of several important intestinal and systemic nematode and, to a leser extent, cestode infections." Order ALL the reference details at left...

Therapies and Procedures

1.	Drug Therapy (Chemotherapy) 01/01/1980 - "Chemotherapy of cestode infections." 01/01/1968 - "The chemotherapy of cestode infections." 06/01/1999 - "This strategy does not control the source of tapeworm infections, cysticercosis in pigs, and parasite transmission may continue due to incomplete chemotherapy coverage of human tapeworm carriers or because of immigration of tapeworm carriers into control areas" 08/01/1975 - "An enzymatic method (phospholipase B) for studies on cestode infection (Hymenolepis nana) and its suppression by chemotherapy." Order ALL the reference details at left...
2.	Vegetarian Diet (Vegetarianism) 09/01/1990 - "Pernicious anemia is considered the classic cause, but others include malabsorption because of achlorhydria or other gastric dysfunction, fish tapeworm infection, and strict vegetarianism" Order ALL the reference details at left...
3.	Anesthesia 02/01/1973 - "Chloral hydrate anesthesia in cenuriasis of sheep]" Order ALL the reference details at left...

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