TREATMENT, PREVENTION, AND CONTROL Flashcards
INFECTION:
Entamoeba histolytica
Giardia lamblia
Treatment (Tx):
Metronidazole/ Tinidazole
INFECTION
Cryptosporidium parvum
Tx:
Nitazoxanide
T. vaginalis
Tx: Metronidazole/Tinidazole
N. fowleri
Amphotericin B
Leishmania spp.
Sodium stibogluconate,
Meglumine antimoniate
T. brucei rhodesiense
Pentamidine
T. brucei gambiense
Suramin
Trypanosoma cruzi
Nifurtimox, Benznidazole
Plasmodium falciparum
Artemisinin (artemether),
Quinine, Mefloquine
Plasmodium vivax
Chloroquine, Primaquine
Babesia spp.
Clindamycin plus quinine
Atovaquone plus azithromycin
Intestinal nematodes
Mebendazole, Albendazole
Pyrantel pamoate
Filariae
Diethylcarbamazine (Ivermectin) (Onchocerca volvulus)
Schistosoma spp.
Praziquantel
Lung, liver, and intestinal
trematodes
Praziquantel
Triclabendazole
Intestinal cestodes
Praziquantel
Niclosamide
Tissue cestodes
(Cysticercosis)
Albendazole, Praziquantel
Surgical removal
Tissue cestodes
(Sparganosis)
Praziquantel
Surgical removal
Echinococcus spp.
(Hydatid cyst)
Scolicidal agents, ethanol, Cetrimide, Hypertonic saline, surgical removal/PAIR albendazole
PAIR in PAIR albendazole
PAIR
P- Puncture
I- Injection
R- Re[iration
Physical Vector Controls
- Proper disposal of sewage, garbage, and manure
- Elimination of stagnant water
- Use of door and window screens and mosquito nets
Chemical Vector control methods
- Use of insecticides like dichlorophenyltrichloroethane (DDT), Pyrethrum, and arsenical compounds
- Use of mosquito repellants
- Use of larvicidal chemicals
Biological vector control method
- Use of specific microorganisms which are pathogenic to various morphological forms of arthropods
- use of larvivorous fish (Gambusia spp.)
feeds on larvae of arthropods para hindi na magiging mosquito
larvivorous fish
