[Efficacy of a single dose of praziquantel as treatment for Taenia saginata and Hymenolepis nana].

Cestodes are very frequent intestinal parasites. They induce different troubles, regrouped as "taeniasis". In our study, 30 patients with Taenia saginata and 10 with Hymenolepis nana has been treated by one single dose of praziquantel, a wide-spectrum anti-helminthic drug, at the dosage of 10 mg/kg/day and 20 mg/kg/day respectively. As side-effects, no biological disturbances occurred, but 6 patients complained of abdominal pain and diarrhea. The efficiency has been complete. Praziquantel seems to be the drug of choice as treatment of adult cestodes.