Drug of Choice of Tropical and Infectious diseases

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Pathology	Drug of Choice	2nd Line therapy	Remarks
Amoebic liver abscess	Metronidazole		Along with Luminal agent (Diloxanide furoate, parmomycin, Iodoquinol)
Anthrax	Penicillin G
Antibiotic Associated Pseudomembranous colitis	Metronidazole (IV)	Oral Rifampicin
Brucellosis	Doxycycline + aminoglycosiede fro 28 days		Continuation with Doxycycline + Rofampicin for next 4-6 weeks
Chlamydia	Tetracycline	Doxycycline
Cholera	Tetracycline	Doxycycline
Cryptococcal Meninigitis	Amphotericin B	± Flucytosine	With AIDS add Fluconazole
Falciparum malaria	Quinine
Guninea Worm infestation	Niridazole	Metronidazole
Herpes Simplex	Idoxuridine
Herpes Simplex Encephalitis	Acyclovir
Kalazar	Sodium Antimony Stibogluconate/ Pentavalent Antimony
Klebsiella Pneumonia	Gentamicin + 3rd Gen Cephalosporin
Legionella	Erythromycin
Meningococcal Meninigitis	Penicillin G		Prophylaxis: Rifampicin
Mucormycosis (Craniofacial)	Amphotericin B		Along with debridement
Multidrug resistant Typhoid	Ciprofloxacin
Neurocysticercosis	Albendazole	Praziquantel
Pneumoncystis Carini/jirovecii	Cotrimoxazole
Pneumonic Plague	Tetracycline		(Chemoprophylaxis)
Schistosoma Hematobium	Praziquantel	Oxamniquine
Taenia Solium/ Taenia Saginata	Praziquantel
Toxoplamosis /Ocular toxoplasmosis	Pyrimethamine		With Sulphadiazine/ Clindamyicn
Tropical Esosinophilia Syndrome	Diethyl Carbamazepine
Varicella zoster	Ayclovir

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