Neurocysticercosis: treatment with albendazole and dextrochloropheniramine (Preliminary Report)

Agapejev, Svetlana; Meira, Domingos Alves; Viera, Benedito Barra; Machado, Jussara Marcondes; Pereira, Paulo Câmara Marques; Mendes, Rinaldo Pôncio; Kamegasawa, Amélia; Curi, Paulo Roberto

doi:10.1590/S0036-46651988000500010

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Neurocysticercosis: treatment with albendazole and dextrochloropheniramine (Preliminary Report)

Svetlana Agapejev^I; Domingos Alves Meira^II; Benedito Barra Viera^II; Jussara Marcondes Machado^II; Paulo Câmara Marques Pereira^II; Rinaldo Pôncio Mendes^II; Amélia Kamegasawa^III; Paulo Roberto Curi^IV

^IDepartment of Neurology and Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine of Botucatu (UNESP), Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil

^IIDepartment of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Dermatology and Radiology, Faculty of Medicine of Botucatu (UNESP), Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil

^IIIDepartment of Ophthalmology and Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine of Botucatu (UNESP), Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil

^IVStatistician, Faculty of Medicine of Botucatu (UNESP), Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil

^{Address for correspondence} Address for correspondence: Dra. Svetlana Agapejev Departamento de Neurologia e Psiquiatria da Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu (UNESP) CEP 18610, Botucatu, SP, Brasil

Key words: Neurocysíicercosis: Albendazole; Dextrochloropheniramine; Treatment.

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1. BOTERO, D.R. & CASTAÑO, S. - Treatment of cysticercosis with praziquantel in Colombia. Amer. J. trop. Med. Hyg., 31: 811-821, 1982.
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4. GEMMELL, M.; MATYAS, Z.; PAWLOWSKI, Z; SOULSBY, E.J.L. in cooperation with LARRALDE, C; NELSON, G.S.; ROSICKY, B. & WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (W.H.O) - Guidelines for surveillance, prevention and control of Taeniasis/Cysticercosis. Geneva, W.H.O., 1983.p.207.
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7. MORRIS, D.L.; DYKES, P.W.; MARRINER, S.; BOGAN, J.; BURROWS, F.; SKEENE-SMITH, H. & CLARKSON, M.J. - Albendazole: objective evidence of response in human hydatid disease. J. Amer. med. Ass., 253: 2053-2057, 1985.
8. PENE, P.; MOJON, M.; GARIN, J.P.; COULAND, J.P. & ROSSIGNOL, J.F. - Albendazole: a new broad-spectrum antihelmintic. Double-blind multicen-ter clinical trial. Amer. J. trop. Med. Hyg., 31: 263-266, 1982.
9. ROBLES, C; SEDANO, A.M.; VARGAS-TENTORI, N. & GALINDO-VIRGEN, S. - Longterm results of praziquantel therapy in neurocysticercosis. J. Neurosurg., 66: 359-363, 1987.

Address for correspondence:

Dra. Svetlana Agapejev

Departamento de Neurologia e Psiquiatria da Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu (UNESP)

CEP 18610, Botucatu, SP, Brasil

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[1] 1. BOTERO, D.R. & CASTAÑO, S. - Treatment of cysticercosis with praziquantel in Colombia. Amer. J. trop. Med. Hyg., 31: 811-821, 1982.

[2] 2. BROWNSTEIN, M.J. - Serotonin, histamine and the purines. In: SIEGEL, G.J.; ALBERS, R.W.; AGRANOFF, B.W. & KATZMAN, R., ed. - Basic neurochemistry. 3^rd ed. Boston, Little, Brown and Co., 1982. p.219-231.

[3] 3. FLISSER, A.; WILLMS, K.; LACLETTE, J.P.; LARRALDE, C; RIDAURA, C. & BELTRAN, F., ed. - Cysticercosis: present state of knowledge and perspectives. New York, Academic Press, 1982. 700p.

[4] 4. GEMMELL, M.; MATYAS, Z.; PAWLOWSKI, Z; SOULSBY, E.J.L. in cooperation with LARRALDE, C; NELSON, G.S.; ROSICKY, B. & WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (W.H.O) - Guidelines for surveillance, prevention and control of Taeniasis/Cysticercosis. Geneva, W.H.O., 1983.p.207.

[5] 5. GILMAN, A.G.; GOODMAN, L.S.; RALL, T.W. & MURAD, F. - Goodman and Gilman's. The pharmacological basis of therapeutics. 7^th ed. New York, Mac Millan, 1980. 1839 p.

[6] 6. INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM OF CYSTICERCOSIS. J. bras. Med., 45 (suppl. May):1-101, 1982.

[7] 7. MORRIS, D.L.; DYKES, P.W.; MARRINER, S.; BOGAN, J.; BURROWS, F.; SKEENE-SMITH, H. & CLARKSON, M.J. - Albendazole: objective evidence of response in human hydatid disease. J. Amer. med. Ass., 253: 2053-2057, 1985.

[8] 8. PENE, P.; MOJON, M.; GARIN, J.P.; COULAND, J.P. & ROSSIGNOL, J.F. - Albendazole: a new broad-spectrum antihelmintic. Double-blind multicen-ter clinical trial. Amer. J. trop. Med. Hyg., 31: 263-266, 1982.

[9] 9. ROBLES, C; SEDANO, A.M.; VARGAS-TENTORI, N. & GALINDO-VIRGEN, S. - Longterm results of praziquantel therapy in neurocysticercosis. J. Neurosurg., 66: 359-363, 1987.