The efficacy and tolerability of triclabendazole in Cuban patients with latent and chronic Fasciola hepatica infection.

Current chemotherapy for the treatment of infections caused by the liver fluke Fasciola hepatica is not satisfactory. Therefore, the efficacy and tolerability of triclabendazole (TCZ) was assessed for this indication. Eighty-two patients (51 female, 31 male, age 15-81 yr, mean 42 yr) with chronic or latent F.

Fascioliasis: sonographic abnormalities of the biliary tract and evolution after treatment with triclabendazole.

Diagnosis of infection with the liver fluke Fasciola hepatica is usually difficult. Ultrasonography (US) might be a useful diagnostic alternative, and we assessed the value of sequential US in the diagnosis and monitoring of fascioliasis in 76 patients at baseline and for 60 days after treatment with triclabendazole. At baseline, biliary abnormalities were observed in 52 patients.