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

Whipworms

Pathogen

Trichuris trichiura

Preferred Therapy

Albendazole 400 mg q24hr x 3 days

Alternative Therapy

Ivermectin 200 mcg/kg x 1 dose, may repeat on day 4

Ivermectin Dosing Table