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      Dilatación gástrica misteriosa Translated title: A misterious stomach dilatation

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          Resumen La ascaridiasis es una de las parasitosis más comunes a nivel mundial. Es especialmente frecuente en países tropicales subdesarrollados, en los que las condiciones higiénicas y socioeconómicas favorecen la transmisión. El ciclo del parásito es entérico-neumoentérico y se inicia con la ingesta oral de huevos de este. La infestación puede ser asintomática o producir clínica gastrointestinal o respiratoria durante su paso pulmonar (neumonitis eosinofílica y síndrome de Loeffler). Durante la fase intestinal puede producir diarrea leve intermitente, dolor abdominal, náuseas y vómitos. En raras ocasiones aparece obstrucción intestinal, apendicitis aguda, invaginación, colecistitis, pancreatitis, absceso hepático o peritonitis. Se presenta un caso que cursó, de manera atípica, con una dilatación gástrica muy marcada.

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          Abstract Ascaridiasis is one of the most common parasitosis worldwide. It is especially prevalent in underdeveloped tropical countries where hygienic and socioeconomic conditions favor transmission. The parasite cycle is enteric-pneumo-enteric, and begins with the oral intake of eggs from it. The infestation can be asymptomatic or produce gastrointestinal or respiratory symptoms during pulmonary passage (eosinophilic pneumonitis and Loeffler syndrome). During intestinal phase, it can cause intermittent mild diarrhea, abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting. Rarely, intestinal obstruction, acute appendicitis, invagination, cholecystitis, pancreatitis, liver abscess or peritonitis appear. We report a case, atypically, with a mega-stomach.

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              Comparative efficacy of albendazole and three brands of mebendazole in the treatment of ascariasis and trichuriasis.

              To evaluate the comparative efficacy of 400 mg albendazole (Smith Kline Beecham) as a single dose and three brands of mebendazole (Janssen, Unibios and East African Pharmaceuticals) at doses of 100 mg twice a day for three consecutive days in the treatment of single or mixed infections with Ascaris lumbricoides and or Trichuris trichiura in four treatment groups of school children. Randomized trial. Wondo-Genet, southern Ethiopia. School children, aged six to nineteen years. The percentage cure rate and egg reduction rate obtained with albendazole and mebendazole from the three brands were not significantly different in the treatment of ascariasis. However, significant differences were found among the percentage cure rates and egg reduction rates of the four treatment groups in the treatment of trichuriasis. Comparatively, high cure rate (89.8%) and egg reduction rate (99.1%) were observed in vermox (Janssen) treated group followed by Unibios (India) treated group (53.3% and 96.53% cure and egg reduction rates, respectively), whereas low cure rate (17.1%) and egg reduction rate (69.8%) were seen in the albendazole treated group. The results of this study suggest that in areas of single or mixed infections with Trichuris trichiura and/or Ascaris lumbricoides are common public health problems and where laboratory facilities are not available to make parasite identification, mebendazole (particularly vermox, a product of Janssen laboratory) would be the drug of choice to treat trichuriasis and ascariasis. However, either mebendazole from the different brands or albendazole is effective in the treatment of ascariasis in areas where trichuriasis is not prevalent.
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                Pediatría Atención Primaria
                Rev Pediatr Aten Primaria
                Asociación Española de Pediatría de Atención Primaria (Madrid, Madrid, Spain )
                1139-7632
                March 2020
                : 22
                : 85
                : 67-71
                Affiliations
                [1] Madrid orgnameHospital Universitario 12 de Octubre orgdiv1Servicio de Pediatría orgdiv2Sección de Gastroenterología, Hepatología y Nutrición Infantil España
                [2] Madrid orgnameHospital Universitario 12 de Octubre orgdiv1Sección de Radiodiagnóstico Infantil España
                [3] Madrid orgnameHospital Universitario 12 de Octubre orgdiv1Servicio de Pediatría orgdiv2Sección de Infectología España
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                S1139-76322020000100016 S1139-7632(20)02208500016
                2de574b9-534a-475c-8b4f-5c3550e8dcf9

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                Parasites,Gastric dilatation,Ascaris,Dilatación gástrica,Parásitos

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