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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0122-0667</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Médica de Risaralda]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Revista médica Risaralda]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0122-0667</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S0122-06672022000100061</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22517/25395203.24955</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Eficacia y tolerabilidad de Nitazoxanida para parasitismo intestinal en escolares atendidos en el Centro de Salud de la Universidad del Quindío]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Efficacy and tolerability of Nitazoxanide for intestinal parasitism in schoolchildren treated at the Health Center of the University of Quindío]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Nati Castillo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Humberto Alejandro]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Montes Cardona]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jorge Andrés]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Navarrete Ospina]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Catalina]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Aponte Morales]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Paula Camila]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gómez Marín]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jorge Enrique]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad del Quindío Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Armenia ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad del Quindío Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Armenia ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad del Quindío Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Armenia ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad del Quindío Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Armenia ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af5">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad del Quindío Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Armenia ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>28</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>61</fpage>
<lpage>70</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0122-06672022000100061&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0122-06672022000100061&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0122-06672022000100061&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen  Objetivo:  Describir la efectividad del tratamiento antiparasitario intestinal brindado a niños de cuatro a nueve años atendidos en el centro de Salud de la Universidad del Quindío entre Julio de 2017 a marzo de 2018.  Materiales y métodos:  Estudio observacional prospectivo. Se extrajeron datos de historias clínicas de pacientes con rango de edad de 4 a 9 años, quienes consultaron en el Centro de Salud de la Universidad del Quindío y se diagnosticaron mediante coprológico con blastocistosis o giardiasis. Se seleccionaron las historias cuyo tratamiento fuese Nitazoxanida y tuviesen un coprológico control postratamiento. Se presentan estadísticas descriptivas; porcentaje de eficacia y tolerabilidad.  Resultados:  De 15 niños tratados con Nitazoxanida, respondieron al tratamiento 10, en quienes no se hallaron parásitos en el coprológico control. Con una eficacia del 83,3% (IC95% 60 - 100) en blastocistosis, 57,1% (IC95% 32 - 82%) en giardiasis.  Conclusión:  Se evidenciaron resultados porcentuales similares a los reportados en la literatura, siendo más eficaz en blastocisotisis que en giardiasis.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract  Objective:  To describe the effectiveness of the intestinal antiparasitic treatment given to children ranging between 4 and 9 years old that were attended in the Health Center of the University of Quindío in the period of July 2017 and March 2018.  Materials and methods:  Prospective observational study. Data were extracted from medical records of patients with an age range of 4 to 9 years, who consulted at the Health Center of the University of Quindío and were diagnosed through coprological tests with Blastocystis and Giardiasis. The clinical records were selected by whose treatment was done with Nitazoxanide or Albendazole with coprological results of post-treatment check-up. Descriptive statistics are presented along with percentage of efficacy and tolerability.  Results:  From 15 children treated with Nitazoxanide, 10 responded to the treatment, who presented no parasites in the coprological check-up. The remaining population presented some type of parasitic infection (n = 5). With an efficiency of 83,3% (IC95% 32 - 82%) in blastocystis, and 57,1% (IC95% 32 - 82%) in giardiasis.  Conclusion:  Percentage results similar to those reported in the literature were evidenced, being more effective in blastocystis than in giardiasis.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[(DeCS) Nitazoxanida]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Giardiasis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Blastocystis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[eficacia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[tolerabilidad]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Nitazoxanide]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Giardiasis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Blastocystis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[efficacy]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[tolerability (source: MeSH]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[NLM)]]></kwd>
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