amebicide

Introduction

agents destructive to amoeba

Includes:

• amphotericin B
• antibiotic G 418
• arteether
• artesunate
• chloroquine
• chloroquinolinols
• diloxanide furoate
• emetine
• iodoquinol
• niridazole
• ornidazole
• paromomycin

Indications

• treatment of amebiasis

More general terms

• antiprotozoal agent

More specific terms

• amphotericin B (Fungisone, Ambisone, Amphotec, Fungilin, LAMB, AmBisome)
• artesunate
• chloroquine [chloroquine phosphate] (Aralen, Atabrine, Artrichin, Nivaquine, Cisplaquin, Quingamine, Avoclor, Chingaminum)
• diloxanide (Furamide, Amebamida)
• emetine (emetin)
• iodoquinol; diiodohydroxyquin (Yodoxin)
• paromomycin; aminosidine (Humatin, Gabbromicina, Gabbrora)