High impact information on Enterobius

• Levamisole has little or no curative action on infections with whipworms and pinworms [1].
• For Enterobius vermicularis, however, a newer drug, mebendazole, is equally as effective [2].
• Infestation due to the roundworms Enterobius vermicularis, Ascaris lumbricoides and the hookworms, Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus can all be treated effectively with pyrantel pamoate [2].
• There was no association between the sex of pinworms and inflammation in the appendix but inflammation was frequently seen in association with luminal ova [3].
• In 5-14-year-old children with an Enterobius vermicularis infection, treated with a single oral dose of 200 mg tribendimidine, a cure rate of 81.6% (93/114) was observed [4].

Anatomical context of Enterobius

• Effects of repeated treatment with pyrantel pamoate on Enterobius vermicularis infection in chimpanzees were assessed by observing worms discharged in the feces after administration of anthelmintic treatment [5].

Associations of Enterobius with chemical compounds

• Three series of critical tests were completed on a combined total of 46 horses to determine the efficacy of single doses of trichlorfon against bots, ascarids, pinworms, and large strongyles [6].
• Enterobius vermicularis ('pinworm') is rarely found outside the gastro-intestinal tract [7].
• None of the staff was infected but 11 (55%) of 20 patients either had Enterobius ova on the anal margin or excreted worms following piperazine treatment [8].
• Critical tests of the activity on large strongyles, ascarids, mature pinworms, and bots were carried out in 11 horses intraorally treated with a paste formulation of thiabendazole [9].
• Albendazole has been tested in an open trial conducted in France, seven countries of West-Africa, Martinique and the People's Republic of China in a total of 1455 patients harboring single or mixed infections caused by round-worms, pinworms, hookworms and whipworms [10].

Gene context of Enterobius

• Enterobius vermicularis ova in routine cervicovaginal smears. Light and scanning electron microscopic observations [11].
• It is suggested that greater clarity in reporting can be achieved with five reporting categories: (i) established acute inflammation; (ii) no evidence of acute inflammation ("normal"); (iii) features suggestive of early inflammation; (iv) peri-appendicitis; (v) other features, such as granulomata, Enterobius vermicularis, tumours, etc [12].

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