Spectrum: Local Antimicrobial Stewardship, for IWK Health Centre

Entamoeba histolytica

Common Presentation

Prolonged watery diarrhea

Commonly Implicated Sources and Seasonality

Returning travelers

Treatment Recommendations

Treatment recommended if detected

Antibiotics

Metronidazole x 7-10 days

FOLLOWED BY

Paromomycin 8 mg/kg/dose PO TID x 7 days