Treatment with mebendazole is not associated with distal migration of adult Angiostrongylus costaricensis in the murine experimental infection O tratamento com mebendazol não está associado a migração distal de adultos de Angiostrongylus costaricensis na infecção experimental murina

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: Márcia Bohrer Mentz, Carlos Graeff-Teixeira, Cinara Tentardini Garrido
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2004
• Subjects: Angiostrongylus costaricencis; Adult stage; Migration; Mebendazole; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; The Portal
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652004000200003; https://doaj.org/article/2beac564a8ad46fd8b0871d02a0f8a77

Abdominal angiostrongyliasis is a zoonotic infection produced by a metastrongylid intra-arterial nematode, Angiostrongylus costaricensis. Human accidental infection may result in abdominal lesions and treatment with anti-helminthics is contra-indicated because of potential higher morbidity with exci...