| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Albendazole | hookworm ancylostoma and necator, ascaris, enterobius, trichuris, neurocysticercosis (t. solium), echionococcus g. hydatid disease, larva migrans, dracunculus, echinococcus multilocularis (for life) |
| Ivermectin | ascaris, strongyloides, enterobius, larva migrans, oncocerca volvulus (wolbachia) |
| Amphiteracin or pentavalent antimony (Pentostam) | leishmania spp |
| Paromomycin | visceral leishmania |
| Doxycycline | wolbachia (filariasis), also malaria prophylactic |
| Mebendazole | trichinella spp (larvae) |
| Metronidazole (Flagyl) | giardia, trichomonas, entamoeba |
| Niclosamide | diplylidium, diphyllobothrium, t. solium |
| Nifurtimox or Benznidazole | t. cruzi |
| Praziquantel | schistosoma spp, opisthorchis, paragonimus, diphyllobothrium, t. saginata, echinococcus adult worm in dogs |
| Spiramycin | toxoplasma |
| Suramin + Melarsoprol | tb gambiense, tb rhodesianse - early (outside cns) + late stage (brain) |
| Thiabendazole | dracunculus (relaxes worm), strongyloides, larva migrans |
| Triclabendazole | fasciola |
| Artemether/Lumafantrine (Coartem) | p. falciparum |
| Bactrim + Pyrimethamine w Dapsone | toxoplasma in immunocompromised patients |
| Chloroquine | p. falciparum, p. malariae, p. vivax and p. ovale in blood |
| Quinine, Quinidine | p. falciparum |
| Primaquine | vivax, ovale hypnozoites in liver |
| Sulfadoxine/Pyrimethamine or Meflaquine/Sulfadoxine/Pyrimethamine | Chloroquine resistant p. falciparum |
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