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What is the drug of choice for aspergillosis?
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Voriconazole
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What is the MOA for Amphotericin B?
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By binding to ergosterol in the fungal cell membrane, a pore is formed through which electrolytes cross at will. resulting in severe electrolyte imbalances and fungal death.
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Which Allylamine is used for all types of tinea except tinea capitis?
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Butenafine
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What is the treatment for patients with plasmodium vivax or ovale?
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Treat for the malaria and must also receive primaquine to eradicate the hypnozoites.
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What is Atovaquone?
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acts as a ubiquinone analog thereby selectively inhibiting the protozoan's mito ETC, effectively limiting the organism's ability to undertake ATP synthesis. It is teratogenic.
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What are the four ways that chloroquine kills malarial organisms?
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It transforms heme into a toxin for the plasmodia.
It forms complexes that lyse the plasmodia and the RBC's that contain the Plasmodia. It alkalizes the Plasmodia food vacuole thereby starving the organisms. It inhibits Plasmodia DNA synthesis. |
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What is the DOC fir early stage East African Sleeping sickness caused by Trypanosoma brucie?
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Suramin
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Having G6PD prevents you from using what drug in Chagas disease?
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Nifurtimox
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DOC for Toxoplasma encephalitis?
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Trimehtoprim-sulfamethoxazole.
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DOC for Strongyloides stercoralis?
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Ivermectin
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If i have scabies what drug is used?
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Permethrin it can also be used for head lice and pubic lice.
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