[Diethylcarbamazine in the treatment of Bancroft's filariasis].

Abstract:

:The authors presented a detailed review about the treatment of bancroftian filariasis with diethylcarbamazine. The interesting aspects about the drug discovery and the basic concepts about its pharmacology were reported in a summarised form. On the other hand, emphasis was made about the speculation done by several authors about the intriguing findings regarding its efficacy reported in the literature. Latter, it was brought the new advances about the disease, as for example, the visualization by ultrasound of living Wuchereria bancrofti adult worm on its natural host--the human being. This made possible the comprehension of several paradoxical issues reported, focusing the treatment of infection using diethylcarbamazine. So far, because of the lack of ideal drug with micro and macrofilaricidal properties, together with the new understand about the disease and the new parameters for monitoring the efficacy of the drug, diethylcarbamazine has back its importance conquered at the begin of its discovery, almost fifth years ago.

journal_name

Rev Soc Bras Med Trop

authors

Dreyer G,Norões J

doi

10.1590/s0037-86821997000300010

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1997-05-01 00:00:00

pages

229-40

issue

3

eissn

0037-8682

issn

1678-9849

journal_volume

30

pub_type

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