Antimicrobial prescribing: NHS Forth Valley
Important: Therapy
|
Key points |
Treatment |
Duration |
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Threadworm (pinworm) |
mebendazole PO |
1 dose for each household member Strict handwashing and scrubbing nails Repeat after 2 weeks |
|
Whipworm Hookworm - Ancylostoma - Necator |
mebendazole PO
If mebendazole cannot be used levamisole PO |
3 days
1 dose, repeat after 7 days if severe |
|
Roundworm (Ascaris) |
mebendazole PO
If mebendazole cannot be used levamisole PO |
3 days
1 dose |
|
Tapeworm - Taenia solium - Hymenolepis nana |
praziquantel PO |
1 dose |
|
Neurocysticercosis - Taenia solium |
albendazole PO + praziquantel PO |
15 mg/kg daily (max 800 mg) 10-14 days 50 mg/kg daily 10 – 14 days with dexamethasone |
|
Hydatid Echinococcus |
albendazole PO |
5 - 7.5 mg/kg (max 400 mg) 12 hourly +/- surgery Cystic echinococcosis: 1 - 6 months Alveolar echinococcosis: 2 years minimum |
|
Filaria Wuchereria bancrofti Brugia malayi |
diethylcarbamazine PO |
Lymphatic filiariasis: 2 mg/kg 8 hourly 12 days Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia: 2 mg/kg 8 hourly 14 – 21 days |