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Antiparasitics (drugs-bugs treated)
Creighton University School of Medicine
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08/26/2013

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Term
atovaquone/proguanil
Definition
Malaria (protozoans): P. vivax, P. ovale, P. falciparum, P. malariae
Term
artemether/lumefantrine
Definition
Malaria (protozoans): P. vivax, P. ovale, P. falciparum, P. malariae
Term
quinine/tetracycline or doxycycline
Definition
Malaria (protozoans): P. vivax, P. ovale, P. falciparum, P. malariae
Term
mefloquine
Definition
Malaria (protozoans): P. vivax, P. ovale, P. falciparum, P. malariae
Term
chloroquine
Definition
Malaria (protozoans): P. vivax, P. ovale, P. malariae

NOT FOR FALCIPARUM!!
Term
primaquine
Definition
extraintestinal protozoan: P. jiroveci

Malaria (protozoans): P. vivax, P. ovale, P. falciparum, P. malariae

For LIVER DORMANT MALARIA (Ovale and Vivax)
Term
atovaquone
Definition
extraintestinal protzoan: P. jiroveci
Term
metronidazole (tinidazole as well)
Definition
intestinal protozoan: giardiasis
extraintestinal protozoan: amebiasis, trichomoniasis
Term
diloxanide furoate
Definition
intestinal protozoan: amebiasis
Term
paromomycin
Definition
intestinal protozoan: amebiasis, giardiasis
extraintestingal protazoan: leishmaniasis
Term
iodoquinol
Definition
intestinal protozoan: amebiasis
Term
amphotericin B (liposomal)
Definition
extraintestina protozoanl: leishmaniasis
Term
sodium stibogluconate
Definition
extraintestinal protozoan: leishmaniasis
Term
miltefosine (not available in US)
Definition
extraintestinal protozoan: leishmaniasis
Term
nitazoxanide
Definition
extraintestinal protozoan: cryptosporidiosis, giardiasis
Term
furazolidone (not available in US)
Definition
intestinal protozoan: giardiasis
Term
nifurtimox
Definition
extraintestinal protozoan: American trypanosomiasis—T. cruzi
Term
benznidazole (not available in US)
Definition
extraintestinal protozoan: American trypanosomiasis—T. cruzi
Term
pentamidine (early stage T.b.g)
Definition
extraintestinal protozoan: leishmaniasis, W. African trypanosomiasis (T. brucei gambiense -> early stages), P. jirovecia
Term
suramin (early stage T.b.g & T.b.r*)
Definition
extraintestintal protozoan: E. African trypanosomiasis (T. brucei gambiense -> early stages)
Term
melarsoprol (late stage T.b.g & T.b.r*)
Definition
extraintestinal protozoan: E. African trypanosomiasis (T. brucei gambiense -> late stages)
Term
eflornithine (late stage T.b.g)
Definition
extraintestinal protozoan: W. African trypanosomiasis (T. brucei gambiense -> late stages)
Term
pyrimethamine plus sulfadiazine
Definition
extraintestinal protozoan: P. jiroveci, toxoplasmosis
Term
praziquantel
Definition
Cestodes: Taenia solium (pork tapeworm, neurocysticercosis), Taenia saginata (beef tapeworm), Diphyllobothrium latum (fish tapeworm)

Trematodes: Schistosoma species (blood flukes)
Term
niclosamide
(not available in US)
Definition
Cestodes: Taenia saginata (beef tapeworm), Diphyllobothrium latum (fish tapeworm)
Term
mebendazole
(benzimidazole)
Definition
Nematodes: Enterobius vermicularis (pinworms), Ascaris lumbricoides (giant roundworm), Necator americanus (hookworm), Trichuris trichuria (whipworm), visceral larva migrans (Toxocara canis -> ascaris-like/canines),
Term
albendazole
(benzimidazole)
Definition
Nematodes: Enterobius vermicularis (pinworms), Ascaris lumbricoides (giant roundworm), Necator americanus (hookworm), visceral larva migrans (Toxocara canis -> ascaris-like/canines), Strongyloides stercoralis

Cestodes: Taenia solum (neurocysticercosis)
Term
pyrantel pamoate
Definition
Nematodes: Enterobius vermicularis (pinworms), Ascaris lumbricoides (giant roundworm), Necator americanus (hookworm)
Term
ivermectin
Definition
Nematodes: Strongyloides stercoralis, Onchocerca volvulus
Term
trimethroprim + sulfamethoxazole
Definition
extraintestinal protozoan: P. jiroveci, toxoplasmosis
Term
dapsone
Definition
extraintestinal protozoan: P. jiroveci, toxoplasmosis
Term
diethylcarbamazine
Definition
Nematodes: Wuchereria bancrofti,
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