摘要:
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutically acceptable dichloroacetate compound selected from a salt of dichloroacetic acid, an ester of dichloroacetic acid with a C 1 -C 6 alkanol, C 1 -C 6 acyloxy-methanol or C 1 -C 6 alkoxycarbonyloxy-methanol and mixtures thereof for use in a method for treating a disease caused by a glycolytic parasite in a mammal. The compound inhibits parasite growth while growth of host cells is not inhibited or less inhibited.