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258 PART 6 Antiparasitic Drugs<br />

Table 40–1<br />

Grouping of Parasites with Commonly<br />

Encountered Pathogens and Commonly<br />

Used Antiparasitic Agents<br />

Group Subgroup Examples Antiparasitics*<br />

Protozoa Extraintestinal Plasmodium<br />

(malaria)<br />

Toxoplasma<br />

Quinolines<br />

Doxycycline<br />

Clindamycin<br />

Atovaquoneproguanil<br />

Arteminsins<br />

Pyrimethamine/<br />

sulfadiazine<br />

TMP/SMX<br />

Pentamidine<br />

Metronidazole<br />

Tinidazole<br />

Paromomycin<br />

Trypansoma<br />

Intestinal Entamoeba<br />

Giardia<br />

Cryptosporidium<br />

Helminths Nematodes Ascaris<br />

Strongyloides<br />

Trematodes Schistosoma<br />

Cestodes Echinococcus<br />

Taenia<br />

Other organisms Fungus Pneumocystis TMP/SMX<br />

Albendazole<br />

Ivermectin<br />

Praziquantel<br />

Albendazole<br />

Praziquantel<br />

Clindamycin/<br />

primaquine<br />

Atovaquone<br />

Pentamidine<br />

Ectoparasites Scabies Ivermectin<br />

*Agents in bold are discussed in this section; agents in normal type are covered in other<br />

chapters; agents in italics are not discussed in this book.<br />

Drugs with antiparasitic activity range from<br />

everyday antibacterial drugs (metronidazole, doxycycline),<br />

to mildly exciting agents seen occasionally<br />

in routine practice (chloroquine, pentamidine),<br />

to the most exotic agents that can be obtained

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