[Treatment of Diphyllobothrium latum infection with paromomycin sulfate (author's transl)].

Recently, it has been known that the treatment with paromomycin sulfate is effective against many kinds of tapeworm. Paromomycin sulfate was used for treating 56 patients with Diphyllobothrium latum aged 2 approximately 65 years old. Paromomycin was administered orally in the dose of 25 approximately 50 mg/kg. All cases with Diphyllobothriasis latum were successfully treated with paromomycin. The drug was well tolerated and no side effects were observed in any patients.