Spectrum: Local Antimicrobial Stewardship, for Yangon Children's Hospital

Cysticercosis

Responsible Parasite

Taenia solium

Antimicrobial Treatment

Albendazole 7.5 mg/kg (max: 400mg) Q12H, for 8-30 days

  • Taken with food; fatty meal increases bioavailability

  • Drug of choice

OR

Praziquantel

  • 33.3 mg/kg Q8H, on day 1, THEN

  • 16.7 mg/kg Q8H, for 29 days

Note:

  • Taken with liquids during a meal

  • Drug of choice

AND OPTIONALLY

Anticonvulsants, Corticosteroids, Surgery

Adjunctive role in neurocysticercosis