GI bugs and drugs – Flashcards
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| Ancyclostoma barziliense |
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| According to micro and pharm: thiabendazole |
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| Ascaris lumbricoides (Roundworm) |
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| According to micro: Albendazole. According to pharm: Mebendazole + pyrantel pamoate |
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| balantidum |
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| according to micro: tetracycline, metronidazole or iodoquinol as alternative |
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| C. parvum |
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| According to micro and pharm: nitazoxanide |
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| Cyclospora cayetanensis |
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| According to micro and pharm: TMP-SMX |
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| Diphyllobothrium latum |
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| According to micro and pharm: Niclosamide. According to micro: Praziquantel and Vit B12 supplementation |
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| E. histoloytica |
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| according to micro: if invasive: metronidazole then paromomycin; paromomycin for noninvasive. According to pharm: if invasive can use either metronidazole or tinidazole. If noninvasive: paromomycin |
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| Echinococcus species |
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| According to micro: surgery is the first choice to remove the cysts. Albendazole and mebendazole are the DOC. According to pharm: Albendazole is the DOC. |
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| Enterobius vernicularis (pinworm) |
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| According to micro: pyrantel pamoate OTC DOC for entire family. Mebendazole is prescription but it's more expensive and not safe in pregnancy. According to pharm: Mebendazole is the DOC. |
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| Giant intestinal fluke: Fasciolopsis buski |
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| according to micro: praziquantel |
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| giardia lamblia |
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| according to micro and pharm: metronidazole DOC, tinidizole as 2nd line. |
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| Hookworm: Necator americanus and ancylostoma duodenale |
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| According to micro and pharm: mebendazole. According to micro: albendazole as an alternative, thiabendazole for migrating larvae |
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| isospora belli |
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| according to micro: TMP-SMX as DOC, alternative: pyrimethamine w/ folic acid |
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| Liver fluke: Clonorchis sinensis |
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| According to micro and pharm: Praziquantel |
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| Liver fluke: Fasciola hepatica |
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| According to micro: Bithionel |
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| Lung fluke: Paragonomus westermani |
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| Accodring to micro: Praziquantel |
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| Microsporidia: E. bieneusi |
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| According to micro: Oral fumagillin |
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| Microsporidia: E. intestinalis |
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| According to micro and pharm: Albendazole |
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| Schistosomes |
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| According to micro and pharm: Praziquantel |
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| Taenium solium (pork tapeworm) |
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| According to micro and pharm: Praziquantel and albendazol for neurocysticercosis |
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| Tanenia saginata (beef tapeworm) |
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| Accordign to micro: praziquantel or albendazole |
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| Toxocanasis (visceral larval migrans) |
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| According to micro: Albendazole. According to pharm: thiabendazole or diethylcarbarmazine |
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| Trichenella spiralis (Trichinosisi) |
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| According to micro: Albendazole. According to pharm: Thiabendazole |
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| Trichuris trichiura (whipworm) |
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| According to micro and pharm: Mebendazole |
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| Strongyloides stercoralis |
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| According to micro and pharm: Ivermectin |
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| Onchocerca volvulus |
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| According to pharm: Ivermectin |
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| Wucheria bancrofti and brugia malayi |
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| According to pharm: Diethylcarbamazine and albendazole |
