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ArticleNew microbes and new infections2023

Treatment of

Jukka-Pekka Pietilä, Tuuve A Häkkinen, Laura Pakarinen, Jukka Ollgren, Anu Kantele

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Article in New microbes and new infections, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
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  3. ACG case reports journal · 2026
    Article
  4. Journal of medical microbiology · 2026
    Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Jukka-Pekka PietiläMeilahti Vaccine Research Center MeVac, Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
Tuuve A HäkkinenMeilahti Vaccine Research Center MeVac, Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
Laura PakarinenDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Inflammation Center, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
Jukka OllgrenDepartment of Health Security, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland.
Anu KanteleMeilahti Vaccine Research Center MeVac, Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Methods: Investigating data retrieved from Helsinki University Hospital and Helsinki City patient records, we searched for the most effective antiprotozoal in treating Results: A total of 369 patients (median age 38) and 492 treatment episodes were included. Paromomycin (n ​= ​297) proved effective (clearance rate 83%), showing strong association with faecal clearance (aOR 18.08 [7.24-45.16], p ​< ​0.001). For metronidazole the rate was 42% (n ​= ​84), for secnidazole 37% (n ​= ​79), and doxycycline 22% (n ​= ​32). In pairwise comparisons, paromomycin outdid the three other regimens (p ​< ​0.001, Conclusions: Faecal clearance, strongly associated with clinical cure, is most effectively achieved with a course of paromomycin, followed by metronidazole, secnidazole and doxycycline. Our findings will be useful in devising treatment guidelines for adults with symptomatic

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Chronic diarrhoeaDiarrhoeaDientamoeba fragilisDoxycyclineMetronidazoleParasiteParomomycinSecnidazoleStomachacheStool pathogen

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PMID37786407
PMCPMC10542007

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