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Antiprotozoal agents (ATC code: ATC P01) is a class of pharmaceuticals used in treatment of protozoan infection. A paraphyletic group , protozoans have little in common with each other. For example, Entamoeba histolytica , a unikont eukaryotic organism, is more closely related to Homo sapiens (humans), which also belongs to the unikont ...
English. Read; Edit; View history; Tools. ... A coccidiostat is an antiprotozoal agent that acts upon Coccidia parasites. [1] Examples include: [2] Amprolium; Arprinocid;
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English. Read; Edit; View history; Tools. ... An antitrichomonal agent is an antiprotozoal agent that acts on trichomonas parasites. [1] Examples include: [2 ...
Albendazole is a broad-spectrum antihelmintic and antiprotozoal agent of the benzimidazole type. [3] It is used for the treatment of a variety of intestinal parasite infections, including ascariasis, pinworm infection, hookworm infection, trichuriasis, strongyloidiasis, taeniasis, clonorchiasis, opisthorchiasis, cutaneous larva migrans, giardiasis, and gnathostomiasis, among other diseases.
The term 'antibiosis', meaning "against life", was introduced by the French bacteriologist Jean Paul Vuillemin as a descriptive name of the phenomenon exhibited by these early antibacterial drugs. [ 8 ] [ 20 ] [ 21 ] Antibiosis was first described in 1877 in bacteria when Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch observed that an airborne bacillus could ...
As of 2008, 17 [4] or 18 [5] African countries had confirmed resistant parasite populations, and as of 2011 that was up to 21. [5] Multiply resistant populations are an increasing problem in the Adamawa Region of Cameroon [6] and south east Mali. [7]
Clioquinol (iodochlorhydroxyquin) tradename Entero-Vioform is an antifungal drug and antiprotozoal drug. It is neurotoxic in large doses. It is a member of a family of drugs called hydroxyquinolines which inhibit certain enzymes related to DNA replication. The drugs have been found to have activity against both viral and protozoal infections. [2]