Amebiasis asymptomatic cyst carriers

Extraintestiaal (eg, hepatic) amebiasis is treated with metronidazole and can be followed by iodoquiaol or a combination of dehydroemetiae or emetine hydrochloride with chloroquiae phosphate. Iodoquiaol is the dmg of choice for asymptomatic amebiasis, whereas ddoxanide furoate (9, Furamide) has been used successftiUy to treat symptomatic and asymptomatic intestinal amebic cyst carriers. 

Diloxanide is also active against cysts and trophozoites localized in the lumen of the intestine, and it is used for treating the carrier E. histolytica, as well as for treating asymptomatic or moderate forms of amebiasis. In the transition stage to trophozoites, the drug is less active than iodoquinol. A synonym of this drug is furamide. 

Amebiasis is an infection of the large intestine produced by Entamoeba histolytica that causes symptoms that range from mild diarrhea to fulminant dysentery. Therapy includes treating the asymptomatic carrier of the cysts, as well as the acute amebic dysentery, and the amebic hepatitis and abscess in the symptomatic patient. 

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