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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 33(4), 1984, pp. 627-631
Copyright © 1984 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Treatment of Neurocysticercosis with Flubendazole*

Edmundo Téllez-Girón{dagger}, Martha C. Ramos{dagger}, Leticia Dufour{dagger}, Margarita Montante{dagger}, Edmundo Téllez, Jr.{dagger}, Jerónimo Rodríguez{ddagger}, Francisco Gómez Méndez{ddagger} AND Enrique Mireles{ddagger}
{dagger} Departamento de Bioquímica
{ddagger} Departamento de Neurología, Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, México

Thirteen patients with neurocysticercosis were studied and treated with flubendazole. Diagnostic procedures included computerized tomography (CT) and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. In 12 cases treatment with the drug led to clinical improvement. CT showed that some cysts regressed in size, and in two patients they disappeared. The treatment also lowered the antibody levels. The drug was well tolerated and no allergic reaction or other side effects were observed.

Accepted for publication December 21, 1983.


* Address reprint requests to: Edmundo Téllez-Girón, Apartado Postal 142, San Luis Potosí, S.L.P., México.






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