Nitazoxanide Is a Therapeutic Option for Adenovirus-Related Enteritis in Immunocompromised Adults

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2018 Nov 26;62(12):e01937-18. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01937-18. Print 2018 Dec.

Authors

Zerelda Esquer Garrigos¹, Dylan Barth¹, Ahmed M Hamdi¹, Omar M Abu Saleh¹, M Rizwan Sohail²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
² Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, Minnesota, USA [email protected].

No abstract available

Keywords: adenovirus; enteritis; immunocompromised; nitazoxanide.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adenoviridae / drug effects*
Adenoviridae / immunology
Adenoviridae / isolation & purification
Adenoviridae Infections / diagnosis
Adenoviridae Infections / drug therapy*
Adenoviridae Infections / immunology
Adult
Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use*
Diarrhea / diagnosis
Diarrhea / drug therapy*
Diarrhea / immunology
Drug Administration Schedule
Enteritis / diagnosis
Enteritis / drug therapy*
Enteritis / immunology
Humans
Immunocompromised Host*
Male
Nitro Compounds
Thiazoles / therapeutic use*
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Antiviral Agents
Nitro Compounds
Thiazoles
nitazoxanide