[Drug therapy of mansoni schistosomiasis].

The various presentations of schistosomiasis mansoni are discussed, stressing the indications of parosites elimination. Parasitologic cure is necessary, although, when the infestation is recent (acute), the drug efficacy is lower than in the chronic forms. Surgery may be pertension, special care must be taken, and in the pseudotumoral form there is not enough diet regarding progression of the disease after treatment.