Medical treatment in patients with Angiostrongylus constaricensis infestation
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angiostrongilosis, angiostrongylus costaricensis, albendazolAbstract
These are two cases of Angiostrongylus costaricensis infestation. In case #1 surgical treatment was followed by
persistence of abdominal problems and eosinophilia. The case was fi nally resolved with 2 courses of treatment with albendazol. Case #2 was diagnosed early and successfully treated with albendazol. The patient presented marked leukocytosis with eosinophilia after the medication was started, and no adverse effects to the treatment were detected. The patient became asymptomatic 4 days after completing the 7 day course of albendazol.
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