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22 Cards in this Set
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Metronizadole
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Amebiasis
Giardiasis Trichomoniasis |
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Tinidazole
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Amebiasis
Giardiasis Trichomonoiasis |
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Primaquine
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Primaquine
(treats exoerythrocytic and tissue stage--vivax and ovale) Erythrocytic antimalarial!!! Chrloroquine Quinodine Quinine |
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Chloroquine
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Erythrocytic antimalarial
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Quinodine
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Erythrocytic antimalarial
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Quinine
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Erythrocytic antimalarial
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Pyrethamine
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Toxoplasmosis
USE WITH SULFADIAZINE |
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Sulfadiazine
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Toxoplasmosis
USE WITH PYRETHAMINE |
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Pentamidine
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African Trypanosomiasis (T. brucei)
or Suramin |
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Suramin
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African Trypanosomiasis
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Merlarsopol
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Late stage African Trypanosomiasis (CNS involvement)
Use with eflornithine TOXIC!!! ARSENICAL |
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Nifurtimox
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American Trypanosomiasis
Chagas Dz |
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Stibogluconate
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Leishmania (kala-azar)
or Miltefosine |
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Miltefosine
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Leishmania
or stibogluconate |
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Ivermectin
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Strongyloides
Lymphatic filariasis (River Blindness) |
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Praziquantel
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Cestodes (Tapeworms)
Schistosomiasis |
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Albendazole
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Hydatid Disease (echinococcal)
Symptomatic Neurocysticercosis (Seizures) |
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Which antimalarial can cause hallucinations, anxiety, and seizures?
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Mefloquine
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Which antihelminthic drug activates nicotinic receptors in Ascaris lumbricoides?
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Pyrantel pamoate
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Which drug is most likely to cause hemolytic anemia in persons with G6PD deficiency?
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Primaquine (tissue forms)
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Which drug can be administered to large populations once a year to prevent river blindness (onchocerciasis)?
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Ivermectin
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Diarrhea and abdominal pain caused by Giardia lambia can be effectively treated with a single doe of which drug?
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Tinidazole
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