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Nitazoxanide Indications & Clinical Uses

Evidence-based guide for pediatric prescribing

Nitazoxanide targets protozoal diarrhea and select viral infections.

Primary FDA-Approved Indications

Only FDA-approved therapy for pediatric cryptosporidiosis and widely used for giardiasis.

Cryptosporidiosis

FDA Approved
Children 1-11 yearsRandomized trials

Evidence Sources

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Giardiasis

FDA Approved
ChildrenRandomized trials

Evidence Sources

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Secondary Clinical Uses

Rotavirus gastroenteritis

Secondary Use
ChildrenClinical studies

Off-Label Uses

Note: Off-label uses may be clinically appropriate based on evidence and expert consensus, but are not FDA-approved for these indications. Always consider the evidence base and document clinical reasoning.

Refractory C. difficile infection

Off-Label
AdolescentsCase series

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