Spectrum: Local Antimicrobial Stewardship, for Prisma Health Children’s Hospital-Midlands

Intestinal Tapeworms

Pathogens

Taenia saginata

Diphyllobothrium latum

Hymenolepis nana

Preferred Therapy

Praziquantel 10 mg/kg x 1 dose

OR

Praziquantel 25 mg/kg x 1 dose, repeat in 10 days

For hymenolepis