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