Keller Bugs and Drugs - Protozoa Flashcards
Acanthamoeba spp. - Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis
Ketoconazole, rifampin, TMP-SMX
Acanthamoeba spp. - Amebic keratitis
Chlorhexidine, propamidine
Babesia microti - babesiosis
Clindamycin plus quinine
Balantidium coli - Bloody diarrhea
Tetracycline
Cryptosporidium parvum - Watery diarrhea
Nitazoxanide
Cyclospora cayetanensis - Watery diarrhea
TMP-SMX
Entamoeba histolytic - Bloody diarrhea
Metronidazole followed by paromomycin
Giardia lamblia - Watery diarrhea (malabsorption)
Metronidazole (tinidazole)
Isospora belli - Watery diarrhea
TMP-SMX
Leishmania braziliensis - Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis
Sodium stibogluconate
Leishmania donovani - Visceral leishmaniasis
Liposomal amphotericin B
Microsporidia - Watery diarrhea or ocular infection
albendazole or umagillin
Naegleria fowleri - Primary amebic meningoencephalitis
Amphotericin B + rifampin
Plasmodium falciparum - malaria
Chloroquine
Plasmodium falciparum - cerebral malaria
IV quinine