Clinic Comparative Study of Ozone Therapy and Metronidazol in Intestinal Amebiasis
J. Bustelo, G. Vega.
Dr. Antonio Luaces Iraola Hospital, Ciego de Avila, Cuba.
Amebiasis is a disease, generally characterized, by dysentery with
diarrhea, weakness and prostration. Also, nausea, vomithing and
pain may be present. The aim of this study is to evaluate the
efficiency of rectal ozone treatment in children suffering with
intestinal amebiasis. The diagnose was made by cysts or
trophozoites of E. histolytica in stools. A control group using
Metronidazol was used in order to compare both groups. Ozone
therapy was useful in the treatment of intestinal amebiasis with
83.8 % of efficiency and only 0.55 % of adverse effects, better
than the treatment with Metronidazol who gets 71.1 % of efficiency
and 17.7 % of adverse effects.
Source: 2nd International Symposium on Ozone Applications
Havana, Cuba - Mach 24-26, 1997.