Parasite treatments Flashcards
Plasmodium
Chloroquine, Aminoquinolone, Primaquinea-Falciparum
Acanthomoeba, Naegleria
Ineffective treatment
leishmania donovani
Toxic heavy metals
trypanosoma cruzi
Alloprenol and nitromiadazole
trypanosoma brucei
Aresenic based, Melarsoprol for CNS,
toxoplasma gondii
Sulfadiazine, pyrimethanine, Spircimycin-pregnant
Trichinella spiralis
Albendazole, corticosteroids
Wuchereria bancrofti
Diethylcarbamazine (DEC)
Loa Loa
Diethylcarbamazine (DEC)
Onchocera volvulus
Ivermectin
Ascaris Lumbricoides
benzamidazole, mebendazole, pyrantel pamoate, abendazole
taenia saginata: beef tapeworm
niclosamide and benzimadazole
taenia solium: pork tapeworm
niclosamide, benzimadazole, albendazole
Ancylostoma duodenale: hookworm
mebendazole, pyrantel pamoate
necator americanus: hookworm
mebendazole, pyrantel pamoate
strongyloides stercoralis: threadworm
mebendazole, pyrantel pamoate, ivermectin, thiabendazole
enterobius vermicularis: pinworm
mebendazole, pyrantel pamoate, abendazole, benzimadazole
trichuris trichuria: whipworm
Benzamadazole
Clonorchis sinensis: Liver Fluke
Praziquantel
schistosoma japonicum: blood fluke
praziquantel
pediculus humanus: Lice
Lindane, pesticide soaps and shampoos
entamoeba histolytica
metronidazole
giardia lamblia
metronidazole
trichomonas vagnialis
metronidazole
Cyrptosporidium parvum
No treatment, somatostatin for diarrhea