Question

Pre-Lecture Quiz, Chapter 12, Antiprotozoal Agents True/False . Malaria is the most common protozoal parasite that causes acute disease in travelers Antimalarial drugs are frequently given in combination form in order to attach to the plasmodium at various stages of its life cycle. 2. Lactating women planning to travel to a high-risk malaria area may safely take antimalarials because they do not enter breast milk. 3. Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia is the most common opportunistic infection seen in patients with HIV/AIDS 4. 5· The parasites that cause human malaria enter the body through the oral fecal route. Fill in the Blank 1.is the most commonly diagnosed intestinal parasite in the United States. 2. is a disease caused by a protozoan that is passed from sandflies to humans. Quinine (generic) was the first drug found to be effective in treating malaria but is now reserved for the treatment of with other agents 3. infections in combination is a drug used to treat PCP and can be given as an inhaled or systemic medication.

Answer 1

1. True

2. True

3. True with proper precautions she can

4. True

5. True

Fill ups

1. Entamoeba histolica

2. Leishmaniasis

3. Leukimeas