Quiz B

• Disinfectant


  Compound that prevents infection when applied to inanimate objects
• Denatured alcohol


  Combination of ethanol, methanol, and benzene
• Hydrous Benzoyl Peroxide


  Oxidizing agent that reduces proliferation of epithelial cells, increasing the cell turnover
• Silver sulfadiazine


  Drug of choice for burned wounds
• Copper Sulfate


  Used as algicide for reservoirs, stock ponds, swimming pools, and fish tanks
• Atovaquone


  Anti-protozoal drug whose absorption increases by eating fatty-foods
• Nifurtimox


  Anti-protozoal that is the only clinically proven regimen for both acute and chronic forms of South American Sleeping Sickness (T. Cruzi)
• Ivermectin


  Drug of choice for river blindness
• Sporozoites


  Infective stage of malaria
• Anopheles mosquito


  Vector of Malaria
• Mefloquine


  Anti-malarial drug that is effective in cutting multi-drug resistant P. falciparum
• Primaquine


  Anti-malarial drug that can lead to radical cure of P. vivax and ovale
• Primaquine should not be given together with

  Quinacrine (antimalarial drug) because of increased toxicity
• Artesunate


  Anti-malarial drug that used as a treatment for highly resistant falciparum in Thailand together with Mefloquine
• Tinea unguium


  Common name of ringworm that is found on the nails
• Nystatin


  Anti-fungal antibiotic with cereal like odor
• Sporotrichosis


  Subcutaneous infection that is found on gardeners
• Propionic acid


  Type of anti-fungal agent which is a fatty acids that is present in perspiration
• Triclabendazole


  Drug of choice for the treatment of fascioliasis or sheep liver fluke
• Diethylcarbamazine Citrate


  Drug of choice for elephantiasis
• Thiabendazole


  Drug of choice for thread-worm infection
• Melarsoprol


  Old drug of choice for the latter stage of African trypanosomiasis
• Permanganate


  Mechanism of action is denaturation of proteins
• Ethylene oxide


  Gas sterilant of an equipment that can't be auto-clave
• Oligodynamic action


  Ability of very small amount of heavy metal to exert antimicrobial activity
• Pyrantel Pamoate


  Antiprotozoal agent (anthelmintic agent?) that has no actions against flukes and ringworms
• Quinacrine


  Anti-malarial drugs that is primarily for Giardiasis
• Ketoconazole


  Anti-fungal agent that has endocrine effect of gynecomastia
• Flucytosine


  Anti-fungal agent that is used in combination with of Amphotericin B for streptococcus neoformans
• Fluconazole


  Drug of choice for cryptococcal meningitis
• Nystatin

  used for the treatment of candida * infections administered as an oral agent for the treatment of oral candidiasis
• Alcohol / Heavy Metals MOA

  Protein Denaturation
• uses of Formaldehyde: Disinfectant, Embalming fluid,

  Tooth desensitizing agent
• Metronidazole

  Unpleasant metallic taste is often experienced
• Metronidazole, If taken with alcohol, a disulfiram-like effect occurs
• Metronidazole (Flagyl)
• Methylene blue

  antidote for Methemoglobinemia
• Methemoglobinemia

  A/E: blue-green stools and urine
• Quinine

  Major adverse effect: Cinchonism • Nausea, vomiting, tinnitus, vertigo
• Chloroquine

  DOC in txt of erythrocytic malaria