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Amebiasis (what is the DOC!) |
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Giardiasis (what is the DOC!) |
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Metronidazole (aka "backpacker's diarrhea) |
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Trichomoniasis (what is the DOC!) |
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Pneumocystosis (what is the DOC!) |
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Toxoplasmosis (what is the DOC!) |
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Pyrimethamine + sulfadiazine |
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Leishmaniasis (what is the DOC!) |
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Trypanosomiasis (what is the DOC!) |
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Nifurtimox (chagas dz) Arsenicals (african) |
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If in chloroquine-sensitive region P.falciparum, P.malariae : get chloroquine P. vivax, P. ovale : get chloroquine + primaquine If in chlorquine-resistant region mefloquine (prophylaxis), quinine + doxy/clindamycin or pyrimethamine (treatment) |
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Chloroquine/ Hydroxychloroquine (SE's) |
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GI distress, pruritus, HA, dizziness, hemolysis, ocular dysfunction Avoid in psoriasis |
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NVD, dizziness, syncope, extrasystoles, CNS effects Avoid in seizures, psychiatric disorders, cardiac conduction defects |
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GI distress, HA, dizziness, neutropenia, hemolysis Avoid in pregnancy, G6PD def., and autoimmune |
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GI distress, cinchonism, CNS effects, hemolysis, hematotoxicity Avoid in pregnancy |
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Intestinal nematodes (worms) |
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Mebendazole (dec. glucose uptake and microtubular structure) Pyrantel pamoate: (NM agonist causes spastic paralysis) |
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Cestodes (tapeworms) and trematodes (flukes) |
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Praziquantel (causes Ca2+ influx, and vacuolization) |
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