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Case report: Schistosoma mansoni infection: failure of standard treatment with praziquantel in a returned traveller by Stephen D. Lawn; Sebastian B. Lucas; Peter L. Chiodini is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

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Heavy reliance upon praziquantel for the treatment of schistosomiasis raises concerns over potential development of drug resistance. We describe a British traveller who acquired Schistosoma mansoni infection in East Africa and in whom repeated standard 40 mg/kg doses of praziquantel failed to clear the infection despite no opportunity for reinfection.

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Author

Stephen D. Lawn; Sebastian B. Lucas; Peter L. Chiodini

Publisher

Elsevier Science; Oxford University Press; Oxford University Press (OUP); ScienceOpen (ISSN 0035-9203)

Published

2003

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)