The Use of Anthelmintics in the Treatmenlt of Ascariasis

Djauhar Ismail (Departments of Child Health and Parasitology, Medical School, University of Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Central Java)
Utomo Utomo (Departments of Child Health and Parasitology, Medical School, University of Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Central Java)
Sugeng Yuwono (Departments of Child Health and Parasitology, Medical School, University of Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Central Java)
Noerhayati S. (Departments of Child Health and Parasitology, Medical School, University of Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Central Java)

Paediatrica Indonesiana
Vol 16 No 9-10 (1976): September - October 1976

Ninety-seven children with Ascariasis were treated at randomly with Piperazine, Tetramisole, and Pyrantel pamoate in a single dose with cure rates of 59%, 62%, and 88%, respectively. In the children who were not cured, a reduction in egg count of nearly 80% was found in all three treatment groups. The results of this study showed that Pyrantel pamoate is the most effective of the three drugs.