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Antiparasitic Drugs MCQs: practice questions
Sample Antiparasitic Drugs multiple-choice questions from Antimicrobial Pharmacology II.
Which antiparasitic drug is most associated with methemoglobinemia and hemolysis in G6PD deficiency?
- A. Chloroquine
- B. Metronidazole
- C. Praziquantel
- D. Primaquine
- E. Ivermectin
Which drug is used for giardiasis and other anaerobic protozoal infections?
- A. Metronidazole
- B. Chloroquine
- C. Primaquine
- D. Pyrimethamine
- E. Albendazole
Which drug is used for Pneumocystis as an alternative agent and is also active against leprosy?
- A. Praziquantel
- B. Pyrantel pamoate
- C. Dapsone
- D. Mebendazole
- E. Primaquine
Which antimalarial can cause visual toxicity with prolonged therapy?
- A. Primaquine
- B. Pyrimethamine
- C. Chloroquine
- D. Doxycycline
- E. Metronidazole
Which antimalarial is associated with hemolysis in patients with G6PD deficiency?
- A. Chloroquine
- B. Mefloquine
- C. Pyrimethamine
- D. Doxycycline
- E. Primaquine
Which antiprotozoal drug causes DNA damage after reduction in anaerobic organisms?
Which antimalarial is used to eradicate dormant liver hypnozoites of Plasmodium vivax?
Which antihelminthic is most directly associated with depolarizing neuromuscular blockade?
Which antihelminthic increases calcium permeability and causes paralysis of cestodes and trematodes?
Which drug increases chloride-channel activity in nematodes?
Which drug can be used to treat malaria and is also a tetracycline antibiotic?
Which drug is used for amebiasis and giardiasis?
Which antihelminthic causes paralysis of nematodes by depolarizing the neuromuscular junction?
Which antihelminthic is used for strongyloidiasis?
Which antihelminthic is a major treatment for schistosomiasis and many cestode infections?
Which antimalarial is most closely associated with visual field toxicity?
Which drug is particularly useful for schistosomiasis?
Which antibiotic can be used for malaria because of activity against Plasmodium?
Which drug is used for intestinal nematodes and causes parasite paralysis by chloride-channel effects?
Which antihelminthic is most directly associated with disruption of microtubules?
Which antiprotozoal is associated with a disulfiram-like reaction with alcohol?
Which antiprotozoal is used for toxoplasmosis?
Which drug is used for Entamoeba histolytica infection?
Which antihelminthic binds β-tubulin and inhibits microtubule formation?
Which antihelminthic is most directly associated with increased calcium permeability?
Which antimalarial is associated with hemolysis in G6PD deficiency?
Which antimalarial is a folate antagonist?
Which antihelminthic is used for pinworm infection?
Which antiprotozoal is used for toxoplasmosis in combination with sulfadiazine?
Which adverse effect of pyrimethamine reflects bone marrow suppression?