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==Medical Therapy==
==Medical Therapy==


[[Anti-helminthic]] [[therapies]] are recommended among [[patients]] with [[ancylostomiasis]].<ref name="pmid27929101">{{cite journal| author=Loukas A, Hotez PJ, Diemert D, Yazdanbakhsh M, McCarthy JS, Correa-Oliveira R | display-authors=etal| title=Hookworm infection. | journal=Nat Rev Dis Primers | year= 2016 | volume= 2 | issue=  | pages= 16088 | pmid=27929101 | doi=10.1038/nrdp.2016.88 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=27929101  }} </ref>
[[Anti-helminthic]] [[therapies]] are recommended among [[patients]] with [[ancylostomiasis]]. [[Efficacy]] of [[treatment]] varies according to the [[severity]] of [[infection]], [[geographical]] [[distribution]], and [[age groups]].<ref name="pmid27929101">{{cite journal| author=Loukas A, Hotez PJ, Diemert D, Yazdanbakhsh M, McCarthy JS, Correa-Oliveira R | display-authors=etal| title=Hookworm infection. | journal=Nat Rev Dis Primers | year= 2016 | volume= 2 | issue=  | pages= 16088 | pmid=27929101 | doi=10.1038/nrdp.2016.88 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=27929101  }} </ref>


*'''For stable uncomplicated cases'''
*'''For stable uncomplicated cases'''

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Medical Therapy

Anti-helminthic therapies are recommended among patients with ancylostomiasis. Efficacy of treatment varies according to the severity of infection, geographical distribution, and age groups.[1]

  • For stable uncomplicated cases
    • Adult
      • Preferred regimen: Albendazole 400 mg PO single dose
      • Alternative regimen: Mebendazole 100 mg PO q12h for 3 days
      • Alternative regimen: Pyrantel Pamoate 11mg/kg PO q24h for 3 days (maximum, 1gm per dose)

References

  1. Loukas A, Hotez PJ, Diemert D, Yazdanbakhsh M, McCarthy JS, Correa-Oliveira R; et al. (2016). "Hookworm infection". Nat Rev Dis Primers. 2: 16088. doi:10.1038/nrdp.2016.88. PMID 27929101.

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