Randomized clinical study of five days apostrophe therapy with mebendazole compared to quinacrine in the treatment of symptomatic giardiasis in children

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the study patients randomized to MBZ and QC at admission

	MBZ group	QC group
	n = 61	n = 61
Sex
Male: n (%)	28 (45.9)	26 (42.6)
Female: n (%)	33 (54.1)	35 (57.3)
Age (yr)
Mean (range)	8.2 (5-15)	9.7 (5-15)

Table 2 Cure rates and drug-related adverse events reported by treatment groups

	MBZ group	QC group
	n = 61	n = 61
Cure rate	48 (78.7%)	51 (83.6%)
Any adverse event	14 (22.9%)	36 (59%)
Abdominal pain	11 (18 %)	10 (16.3%)
Vomiting	3 (4.9%)	14 (22.9%)
Nausea	3 (4.9%)	14 (22.9%)
Headache	1 (1.6%)	11 (18%)
Yellowish coloration of the skin	-	15 (24.6%)