Protozoa - Sheet1 Flashcards

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Acanthamoeba spp.Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis

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Ketoconazole, rifampin, TMP-SMXNo DOC

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Acanthamoeba spp.Amebic keratitis

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Chlorhexidine, propamidineNo DOC

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Babesia microtibabesiosis

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Clindamycin plus quinineAtovaquone plus azithromycin

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Balantidium coliBloody diarrhea

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Tetracyclinemetronidazole

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Cryptosporidium parvumWatery diarrhea

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NitazoxanideHAART therapy in AIDS pts can resolve symtpoms

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Cyclospora cayetanensisWatery diarrhea

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TMP-SMXCiprofloxacin (for sulfa allergy)

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Entamoeba histolyticBloody diarrhea

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Metronidazole followed by paromomycin

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Giardia lambliaWatery diarrhea (malabsorption)

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Metronidazole (tinidazole)Nitazoxanide, albendazole, paromomycin

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Isospora belliWatery diarrhea

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TMP-SMXPyrimethamine with folinic acid, ciprofolxacin (for sulfa allergy)

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Leishmania braziliensisMucocutaneous Leishmaniasis

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Sodium stibogluconate

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Leishmania donovaniVisceral leishmaniasis

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Liposomal amphotericin B Sodium stibogluconate

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MicrosporidiaWatery diarrhea or ocular infection

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albendazole or umagillin

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Naegleria fowleriPrimary amebic meningoencephalitis

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Amphotericin B + rifampinAmphotericin B + ketoconazoleor fluconazole

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Plasmodium falciparum malaria

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ChloroquineMalarone, Mefloquine, artemisinin derivatives

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cerebral malaria

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IV quinine

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16
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Plasmodium vivaxmalaria

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Chloroquine + primaquine

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Toxoplasma gondiiencephalitis

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Pyrimethamine and a sulfonamidePyrimethamine + clindamycin (for sulfa allergy), TMP-SMX

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Trichomonas vaginalistrichomoniasis

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metronidazole

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Trypanosoma bruceiAcute (hemolymphatic)

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SuraminPentamidine isethionate

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Trypanosoma bruceiComa (African sleeping sickness)

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Melarsoprol

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Trypanosoma cruzi Chagas disease

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BenznidazoleNifurtimox