Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (2000) 46, 819-821
© 2000 The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
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Metronidazole and albendazole susceptibility of 11 clinical isolates of Giardia duodenalis from France
a Laboratoire de Parasitologie Expérimentale, CHU Charles-Nicolle, 76031 Rouen Cedex; b Laboratoire de Parasitologie, CHU Amiens-Sûd, 80054 Amiens Cedex 1; c Laboratoire de Parasitologie, Hôpital Edouard-Herriot, 8 avenue Rockfeller, 69373 Lyon; d Laboratoire d'Immunologie et d'Immunopathologie, CHU Clémenceau, 14033 Caen, France
The metronidazole and albendazole susceptibility of 11 clinical isolates of Giardia duodenalis from France was determined using a neonatal mouse model and compared with the outcome in patients after standard metronidazole therapy (0.75 g/day for 5 days). All isolates found to be clinically resistant to metronidazole (4/11) exhibited an ID50 > 120 mg/kg in the mouse model. This therefore appears to be a suitable animal model in which to explore drug failures in human giardiasis.
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