Johns Hopkins ABX Guide
Praziquantel
INDICATIONS
FDA
FDA
- FDA-approved in patients aged ≥1 year:
• Schistosomiasis caused by all Schistosoma species
• Clonorchiasis caused by Clonorchis sinensis
• Opisthorchiasis caused by Opisthorchis viverrini
NON-FDA APPROVED USES
NON-FDA APPROVED USES
- Cestode (Tapeworm) infections
- Diphyllobothriasis (Diphyllobothrium latus)
- Diphyllobothriid tapeworm infection, including Dibothriocephalus latus—formerly Diphyllobothrium latum.
- Dipylidiasis (Dipylidium caninum)
- Echinococcosis (Echinococcus spp.)
- Cystic echinococcosis: occasionally used as a specialist-directed adjunct before surgery or following cyst-content spillage; not standard monotherapy.
- Hymenolepiasis (Hymenolepis nana)
- Neurocysticercosis (Taenia solium) as combination therapy with albendazole for patients with >2 viable parenchymal cysts.[14][16][6]
- Taeniasis (Taenia solium, Taenia saginata)
- Diphyllobothriasis (Diphyllobothrium latus)
- Trematode (Fluke) infections
- Fasciolopsiasis (Fasciolopsis buski)
- Heterophyiasis (Heterophyes heterophyes)
- Metagonimiasis (Metagonimus yokogawai)
- Nanophyetiasis (Nanophyetus salmincola)
- Paragonimiasis (Paragonimus westermani)
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Last updated: August 9, 2026
Citation
Tsai, Y. V, and Paul G Auwaerter. "Praziquantel." Johns Hopkins ABX Guide, The Johns Hopkins University, 2026. Johns Hopkins Guides, www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540449/all/Piperazine.
Tsai YV, Auwaerter PG. Praziquantel. Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2026. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540449/all/Piperazine. Accessed August 27, 2026.
Tsai, Y. V., & Auwaerter, P. G. (2026). Praziquantel. In Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540449/all/Piperazine
Tsai YV, Auwaerter PG. Praziquantel [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2026. [cited 2026 August 27]. Available from: https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540449/all/Piperazine.
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