Antiprotozoals

All the following drugs are effective against treatment of amoebiasis, except

Paromomycin

Metronidazole

Diloxanide

Suramin

All the following are true regarding metronidazole, except

Potential to cause disulfiram-like reaction with alcohol

Kill microorganisms by forming reduced cytotoxic compounds

Has excellent activity against aerobic and anaerobic bacteria

Should not be given to pregnant women

All the following drugs are effective against treatment of trypanosomiasis, except

Melarpasol

Nifurtimox

Eflornithine

Lumefantrine

All the following drugs are effective against treatment of leishmaniasis, except

Stibogluconate

Pentamidine

Mepacrine

Amphotericin B

All the following drugs are effective against treatment of P. carinii pneumonia, except

Atovaquone

Co-trimoxazole

Pentamidine

Pyrimethamine–sulfadiazine

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