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quinacrine and Diarrhea

quinacrine has been researched along with Diarrhea in 26 studies

Quinacrine: An acridine derivative formerly widely used as an antimalarial but superseded by chloroquine in recent years. It has also been used as an anthelmintic and in the treatment of giardiasis and malignant effusions. It is used in cell biological experiments as an inhibitor of phospholipase A2.
quinacrine : A member of the class of acridines that is acridine substituted by a chloro group at position 6, a methoxy group at position 2 and a [5-(diethylamino)pentan-2-yl]nitrilo group at position 9.

Diarrhea: An increased liquidity or decreased consistency of FECES, such as running stool. Fecal consistency is related to the ratio of water-holding capacity of insoluble solids to total water, rather than the amount of water present. Diarrhea is not hyperdefecation or increased fecal weight.

Research Excerpts

ExcerptRelevanceReference
" Further research into more recent clinical isolates is necessary to uncover mechanisms for the increase in metronidazole refractory giardiasis observed during the last decade."5.05Giardiasis treatment: an update with a focus on refractory disease. ( Hanevik, K; Mørch, K, 2020)
"Three drugs have been advocated for the treatment of giardiasis; furazolidone (Furoxone), metronidazole (Flagyl), and quinacrine (Atabrine)."2.36Treatment of giardiasis: literature review and recommendations. ( Lerman, SJ; Walker, RA, 1982)
"Giardiasis has been reported increasingly among visitors to the Soviet Union and is found at epidemic and endemic levels in the United States."1.26Giardiasis: a common cause of diarrheal disease. ( Amin, N, 1979)

Research

Studies (26)

TimeframeStudies, this research(%)All Research%
pre-199024 (92.31)18.7374
1990's0 (0.00)18.2507
2000's0 (0.00)29.6817
2010's1 (3.85)24.3611
2020's1 (3.85)2.80

Authors

AuthorsStudies
Mørch, K1
Hanevik, K1
Escobedo, AA1
Almirall, P1
Alfonso, M1
Salazar, Y1
Avila, I1
Cimerman, S1
Núñez, FA1
Dawkins, IV1
KEAN, BH1
DECROP, G1
DEPEDRE, O1
Thomas, DD1
Knoop, FC1
Cooper, RF1
Allison, B1
Bowles, CC1
King, M1
Hopkins, LG1
Adetosoye, AI1
Lerman, SJ1
Walker, RA1
Bond, JH1
Pieterse, AS1
Hecker, R1
Rowland, R1
Amin, N1
Blechman, MG1
Leibowitz, A1
Mahmoud, AA1
Warren, KS1
Gorski, ED1
Thompson, RG1
Karandikar, DS1
Leek, J1
Stiles, MA1
Kretchman, LA1
Abe, T1
Misawa, S1
Hosoda, S1
Takino, T1
Trier, JS1
Moxey, PC1
Schimmel, EM1
Robles, E1
Bartos, J1
Babb, RR1
Peck, OC1
Vescia, FG1
Uthman, S1
Cain, GD1
Moore, P1
Patterson, M1
Gryboski, JD1
Self, TW1
Clemett, A1
Herskovic, T1
Moore, GT1
Cross, WM1
McGuire, D1
Mollohan, CS1
Gleason, NN1
Healy, GR1
Newton, LH1

Reviews

2 reviews available for quinacrine and Diarrhea

ArticleYear
Giardiasis treatment: an update with a focus on refractory disease.
    Current opinion in infectious diseases, 2020, Volume: 33, Issue:5

    Topics: Adult; Albendazole; Antiprotozoal Agents; Benzimidazoles; Child; Diarrhea; Drug Resistance; Drug The

2020
Treatment of giardiasis: literature review and recommendations.
    Clinical pediatrics, 1982, Volume: 21, Issue:7

    Topics: Animals; Child; Diarrhea; Drug Evaluation; Female; Fever; Furazolidone; Giardiasis; Humans; Metronid

1982

Other Studies

24 other studies available for quinacrine and Diarrhea

ArticleYear
Hospitalization of Cuban children for giardiasis: a retrospective study in a paediatric hospital in Havana.
    Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology, 2011, Volume: 105, Issue:1

    Topics: Abdominal Pain; Antiprotozoal Agents; Child; Child, Preschool; Cuba; Diarrhea; Female; Giardiasis; H

2011
The flagellate diarrheas.
    New York state journal of medicine, 1952, Nov-01, Volume: 52, Issue:21

    Topics: Arsanilic Acid; Diarrhea; Giardiasis; Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic; Protozoan Infections; Quinacri

1952
[Atabrine psychosis in a patient who had demonstrated encephalitis manifestations during typhoid fever].
    Maroc medical, 1954, Volume: 33, Issue:344

    Topics: Diarrhea; Encephalitis; Humans; Mental Disorders; Psychoses, Substance-Induced; Psychotic Disorders;

1954
[CHRONIC DIARRHEA DUE TO LAMBLIAS].
    Medicina, 1963, Volume: 31

    Topics: Antiprotozoal Agents; Child; Diarrhea; Diarrhea, Infantile; Epidemiology; Giardia; Giardiasis; Human

1963
The effect of calcium and prostaglandin inhibitors on the intestinal fluid response to heat-stable enterotoxin of Escherichia coli.
    The Journal of infectious diseases, 1982, Volume: 145, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Calcium; Cromolyn Sodium; Diarrhea; Diltiazem; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Enterotoxi

1982
Giardiasis: a common, sexually transmissible parasitic diarrhea with pitfalls in diagnosis.
    Southern medical journal, 1983, Volume: 76, Issue:7

    Topics: Child; Diarrhea; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Feces; Female; Giardia; Giardiasis; Humans; Male;

1983
Plasmid curing in Escherichia coli isolated from diarrhoeic lambs and from a clinically healthy kid.
    Zentralblatt fur Veterinarmedizin. Reihe B. Journal of veterinary medicine. Series B, 1980, Volume: 27, Issue:1

    Topics: Acriflavine; Aminoacridines; Animals; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Diarrhea; Escherichia coli; Goats; Nige

1980
Office-based management of diarrhea.
    Geriatrics, 1982, Volume: 37, Issue:2

    Topics: Acute Disease; Aged; Antacids; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Cathartics; Chronic Disease; Diarrhea; Diet; D

1982
Collagenous colitis: a distinctive and potentially reversible disorder.
    Journal of clinical pathology, 1982, Volume: 35, Issue:3

    Topics: Colitis; Collagen; Diarrhea; Female; Humans; Intestinal Mucosa; Metronidazole; Middle Aged; Quinacri

1982
Giardiasis: a common cause of diarrheal disease.
    Postgraduate medicine, 1979, Volume: 66, Issue:5

    Topics: Diarrhea; Feces; Female; Furazolidone; Giardia; Giardiasis; Humans; Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic;

1979
Resistant giardiasis secondary to duodenal diverticula. Case report.
    The American journal of gastroenterology, 1975, Volume: 64, Issue:5

    Topics: Adult; Diarrhea; Diverticulum; Duodenal Diseases; Giardiasis; Humans; Male; Quinacrine; Recurrence

1975
Algorithms in the Diagnosis and Management of Exotic Diseases. ii. Giardiasis.
    The Journal of infectious diseases, 1975, Volume: 131, Issue:5

    Topics: Diarrhea; Dysgammaglobulinemia; Giardia; Giardiasis; Humans; Malabsorption Syndromes; Quinacrine

1975
Management of giardiasis.
    American family physician, 1985, Volume: 32, Issue:5

    Topics: Diarrhea; Disease Outbreaks; Female; Furazolidone; Giardiasis; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Intestinal D

1985
Giardiasis. An unusual cause of epidemic diarrhoea.
    Lancet (London, England), 1974, Apr-06, Volume: 1, Issue:7858

    Topics: Child; Diarrhea; Disease Outbreaks; Feces; Giardia; Giardiasis; Humans; Mediterranean Islands; Metro

1974
Giardiasis and the adult traveler.
    Postgraduate medicine, 1974, Volume: 56, Issue:4

    Topics: Adult; Diarrhea; Feces; Female; Giardia; Giardiasis; Humans; Metronidazole; Middle Aged; Quinacrine;

1974
Abnormal (marker) chromosomes in a quinacrine-treated patient with Isospora belli and Giardia lamblia.
    Humangenetik, 1973, Jul-20, Volume: 19, Issue:2

    Topics: Cells, Cultured; Chromosome Aberrations; Coccidiosis; Diarrhea; DNA Replication; Fluorescence; Giard

1973
Chronic intestinal coccidiosis in man: intestinal morphology and response to treatment.
    Gastroenterology, 1974, Volume: 66, Issue:5

    Topics: Antiprotozoal Agents; Biopsy; Chloroquine; Chronic Disease; Coccidiosis; Diagnosis, Differential; Di

1974
Editorial: Giardiasis.
    British medical journal, 1974, May-18, Volume: 2, Issue:5915

    Topics: Diarrhea; Giardiasis; Humans; Metronidazole; Quinacrine

1974
[Bacteriostatic effect of 8 non-antibiotic drugs on E. coli strains obtained from dead piglets and from those suffering from diarrhea].
    Veterinarni medicina, 1971, Volume: 16, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Copper; Culture Media; Diarrhea; Escherichia coli; Furazolidone; Lid

1971
Giardiasis. A cause of traveler's diarrhea.
    JAMA, 1971, Sep-06, Volume: 217, Issue:10

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Barium Sulfate; Biopsy; Body Weight; Diarrhea; Feces; Feeding and Eating Disorder

1971
Giardiasis.
    Le Journal medical libanais. The Lebanese medical journal, 1970, Volume: 23, Issue:2

    Topics: Diarrhea; Giardiasis; Humans; Lebanon; Quinacrine

1970
Malabsorption associated with Giardia lamblia infestation.
    Southern medical journal, 1968, Volume: 61, Issue:5

    Topics: Biopsy; Diarrhea; Disaccharides; Feces; Giardiasis; Glucose Tolerance Test; Humans; Intestinal Absor

1968
Selective immunoglobulin A deficiency and intestinal nodular lymphoid hyperplasia: correction of diarrhea with antibiotics and plasma.
    Pediatrics, 1968, Volume: 42, Issue:5

    Topics: Adolescent; Agammaglobulinemia; Diarrhea; Giardiasis; Humans; Hyperplasia; Infusions, Parenteral; In

1968
Epidemic giardiasis at a ski resort.
    The New England journal of medicine, 1969, Aug-21, Volume: 281, Issue:8

    Topics: Adult; Colorado; Diarrhea; Disease Outbreaks; Feces; Giardia; Giardiasis; Humans; Male; Metronidazol

1969