Parasite treatments Flashcards

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Plasmodium

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Chloroquine, Aminoquinolone, Primaquinea-Falciparum

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Acanthomoeba, Naegleria

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Ineffective treatment

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leishmania donovani

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Toxic heavy metals

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4
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trypanosoma cruzi

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Alloprenol and nitromiadazole

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trypanosoma brucei

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Aresenic based, Melarsoprol for CNS,

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toxoplasma gondii

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Sulfadiazine, pyrimethanine, Spircimycin-pregnant

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Trichinella spiralis

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Albendazole, corticosteroids

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Wuchereria bancrofti

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Diethylcarbamazine (DEC)

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Loa Loa

A

Diethylcarbamazine (DEC)

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Onchocera volvulus

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Ivermectin

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Ascaris Lumbricoides

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benzamidazole, mebendazole, pyrantel pamoate, abendazole

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taenia saginata: beef tapeworm

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niclosamide and benzimadazole

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taenia solium: pork tapeworm

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niclosamide, benzimadazole, albendazole

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Ancylostoma duodenale: hookworm

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mebendazole, pyrantel pamoate

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necator americanus: hookworm

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mebendazole, pyrantel pamoate

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strongyloides stercoralis: threadworm

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mebendazole, pyrantel pamoate, ivermectin, thiabendazole

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enterobius vermicularis: pinworm

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mebendazole, pyrantel pamoate, abendazole, benzimadazole

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trichuris trichuria: whipworm

A

Benzamadazole

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Clonorchis sinensis: Liver Fluke

A

Praziquantel

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schistosoma japonicum: blood fluke

A

praziquantel

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pediculus humanus: Lice

A

Lindane, pesticide soaps and shampoos

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entamoeba histolytica

A

metronidazole

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giardia lamblia

A

metronidazole

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trichomonas vagnialis

A

metronidazole

25
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Cyrptosporidium parvum

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No treatment, somatostatin for diarrhea