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Antihelminth
Use: Cestodes (tapeworms) & trematodes (flukes) |
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Antihelminth
Use: Nematodes (roundworms) |
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Antihelminth
Use: Loa loa, Wuchereria bancrofti, toxocara canis |
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Antihelminth
Use: Onchocerca volvulus, Strongyloides stercoralis |
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<strong>Anti-malarial</strong>
Use: kills <strong>Plasmodium</strong> in RBCs
Tox: h<em>emolysis in G6PD</em> defic; mefloquine contra in preg
Note: sulfadoxine + pyrimethamine, meflorquine, or quinine for resistant P. falc |
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<strong>Anti-malarial</strong>
Use: kills Plasmodium vivax & ovale in liver to prevent relapse
Tox: hemolysis in G6PD defic |
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| Use: blood-borne <strong>Trypanosoma</strong> (African sleeping sickness) |
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| Use: CNS <strong>Trypanosoma</strong> (African sleeping sickness) |
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| AB/antiprotozoal ('cidal) |
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