Minute Treatment with Tinidazole and Orni· dazole in Children with An1ebic Dysentery

Mangsang Sitepu (Department of Child Health, University of Sumatera Utara/Dr. Pirngadi Hospital, Medan, North Sumatera)
Chairuddin P. Lubis (Department of Child Health, University of Sumatera Utara/Dr. Pirngadi Hospital, Medan, North Sumatera)
A. H. Sutanto (Department of Child Health, University of Sumatera Utara/Dr. Pirngadi Hospital, Medan, North Sumatera)
Helena Siregar (Department of Child Health, University of Sumatera Utara/Dr. Pirngadi Hospital, Medan, North Sumatera)

Paediatrica Indonesiana
Vol 22 No 7-8 (1982): July - August 1982

At the Department of Child Health, sub-division of Gastroenterology, Pirngadi Hospirta/, Medan., 41 children were given a single dose treatment with either Tinidazole or Ornidazole. Both drugs were used in a single dose of 50 mg/kg BW. Patients -were randomly assigned to the Tinidazole regimen ( 19 children) or to the Omidazole regimen (22 children).A double blind method was used in the treatment. In both groups, clinical and parasitological cure assessed on day 4 were excellent.