MCQs in Tropical Medicine

Rob Skelly DTM+H FRCP

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Praziquantel

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amoebiasis: metronidazole
toxocariasis: albendazole
African sleeping sickness: suramin or melarsaprol

Praziquantal is used to treat schistosomiasis, lung fluke and tropical liver fluke.
Side effects include minor gastrointestinal upset, giddiness and occasionally bloody diarrhoea.