Antimalarial Agents and Antibacterial Sulfonamides Flashcards
Active against P. falciparum and P. vivax infections
Mefloquine
This antimalarial drug is important for the radical cure of relapsing vivax or ovale strains.
Primaquine
Cinchona alkaloid, generalized protoplasmic poison
Quinine sulfate
This drug is added with quinine sulfate for the treatment of babesiosis.
Clindamycin
This is the preferred agent used to suppress malaria symptoms and to terminate acute malaria attacks resulting from P. falciparum and P. malariae infections.
Chloroquine
An erythrocytic schinzonticide that is used in the treatment of blackwater fever.
Quinacrine
T or F. When the use of Quinine is contraindicated, quinacrine is used for tx of blackwater fever.
True
Quinacrine is also an effective curative agent for ______ and for elimination of intestinal _____.
Effective curative agent for giardiasis and for elimination of intestinal cestodes
A diaminopyrimidine that acts by interfering with the synthesis of folic acid.
Pyrimethamine
T or F. Pyrimethamine is added with sulfanilamide to treat toxoplasmosis and use prophylactically for chloroquine-resistant strains of P. falciparum and P. vivax.
True
ANTIBACTERIAL SULFONAMIDES
An antibacterial sulfonamides used for the treatment of Gram(-) and Gram(+) Bacterial Infections and Urinary Tract Infections.
Sulfamethizole
Closely related to sulfisoxazole in chemical structure and antimicrobial activity
Sulfamethoxazole
Used for infections involving sulfonamide sensitive bacteria
Sulfisoxazole
The acetyl derivative of this antibacterial is tasteless, thus suitable for oral admin
Sulfisoxazole Acetyl
