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1: Curr Med Res Opin. 1977;5(2):161-3. Links

Comparative study of tinidazole and metronidazole in amoebic liver abscess.

Khokhani RC, Garud AD, Deodhar KP, Sureka SB, Kulkarni M, Damle VB.

Twenty proven cases of amoebic liver abscess were treated at random with either tinidazole or metronidazole. The dose of both was 2 g once daily for 2 days. Clinical, radiological, and biochemical follow-up was done for 30 days. Of the 19 patients who completed the trial, complete recovery was observed in all 10 patients given tinidazole and in 5 of 9 patients given metronidazole (p=0.05). Moreover, patients on tinidazole required repeat aspirations less frequently than those on metronidazole. Mild gastrointestinal side-effects occurred in 1 patient on metronidazole. The results suggest that tinidazole is a more efficacious drug than metronidazole, with rapid therapeutic effect.

PMID: 340133 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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