Cardiac arrhythmia with oral oxamniquine in the treatment of schistosomiasis mansoni
Keywords:
Esquistossomose mansônica, Arritmia cardíaca, OxamniquineAbstract
The authors report a case of a patient with schistosomiasis (S.mansoni) treated with one single dose (15 mg/kg/BWT) of oral oxamniquine who presented Mobitz type I second-degree AV block and sinus arrest with ventricular escape as a side-effect. They conclude that in spite of the safety and good activity of oxamniquine it may be a determinant of cardiotoxicityDownloads
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1993-12-01
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Guitti, J. C. dos S., Gordan, L. N., & Baldy, J. L. da S. (1993). Cardiac arrhythmia with oral oxamniquine in the treatment of schistosomiasis mansoni . Revista Do Instituto De Medicina Tropical De São Paulo, 35(6), 585-587. https://revistas.usp.br/rimtsp/article/view/29109