Antiprotozoal Flashcards

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Blood schizonticides

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Chloroquine (renal excretion)

Quinine (hepatic excretion)

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Tissue schizonticides

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Primaquine

They kill schizonts in the liver of P. vivax and P. ovale

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Sporonticides

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Proguanil, Pyrimethamine

Prevents sporogony and multiplication in the mosquito

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Chemophrophylaxis for chloroquine-resistant malarai

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Malarone

It is also protective against mefloquine-resistant falciparum strains

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Drug of choice for asymptomatic amebiasis

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Diloxanide Furoate

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