KROK 1 2011 – Question 1 · KROK (Medicine) · Pharmacology
A 30-year-old patient complains about having abdominal pain and diarrhea for five days; body temperature rise up to 37.5 °C along with chills. The day before a patient had been in a forest and drunk from an open water reservoir. Laboratory analyses enabled to make the following diagnosis: amebic dysentery. What is the drug of choice for its treatment?
- A. Furazolidonum
- B. Emetine hydrochloride
- C. Metronidazole
- D. Phthalazol
- E. Levomycetin
Hint
Think about this protozoon's anaerobic metabolism and which first-line agent for invasive disease exploits that vulnerability in the tissues as well as in the gut.
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