Antiprotozoal Flashcards
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Blood schizonticides
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Chloroquine (renal excretion)
Quinine (hepatic excretion)
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Q
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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Q
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