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The World Health Organisation and Infectious Disease Society of America recommend metronidazole as first-line therapy. [54] [55] The US CDC lists metronidazole, tinidazole, and nitazoxanide as effective first-line therapies; [56] of these three, only nitazoxanide and tinidazole are approved for the treatment of giardiasis by the US FDA.
Metronidazole, sold under the brand name Flagyl among others, is an antibiotic and antiprotozoal medication. [10] It is used either alone or with other antibiotics to treat pelvic inflammatory disease, endocarditis, and bacterial vaginosis. [10]
In 2002, a journal article suggested its use in treatment of H. pylori infections in children. [3] Furazolidone has also been used for giardiasis (due to Giardia lamblia), amoebiasis, and shigellosis, although it is not a first-line treatment. [4]
The members of the Filaroididae occur worldwide. O. osleri is most common in foxes and other wild canines; infections of domestic dogs are rare. F. hirthi was first observed in beagle breed dogs in the United States, but now occurs worldwide and in other dog breeds, but especially in beagles kept as laboratory dogs. [35]
Nitazoxanide is an effective first-line treatment for infection by Blastocystis species [11] [12] and is indicated for the treatment of infection by Cryptosporidium parvum or Giardia lamblia in immunocompetent adults and children. [1]
All seven dogs were rushed to the vet, but three of them sadly died. Four of them are still receiving treatment. HPD’s Major Offenders Animal Cruelty Unit, along with BARC, are investigating the ...