Drugs for Parasitic Infections

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Section 4. Antimicrobial Agents and Related Therapy

DRUGS FOR PARASITIC INFECTIONS

The following tables (4.10 and 4.11) are reproduced from TheMedical Letter. ¹ These tables provide recommendations thatare likely to be consistent in many cases with those of theAmerican Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Infectious Diseases,as given in the disease-specific chapters in Section 3. However,because The Medical Letter recommendations are developed independently,these . . . [Go to Full Text]

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