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Latest revision as of 00:12, 28 January 2022
| Group | Organism | Common Name | Exposure | Treatment |
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| Amoebae | ||||
| obligate amoebae | Entamoeba histolytica | amebic dysentery | iodoquinol or paramomycin or metronidazole or tinidazole | |
| Blastocystis hominis | metronidazole or TMP-SMX or iodoquinol | |||
| free-living amoebae | Naegleria fowleri | primary amebic meningoencephalitis | warm freshwater | combination therapy |
| Balamuthia mandrillaris | granulomatous amebic encephalitis | warm freshwater | combination therapy | |
| Acanthamoeba | granulomatous amebic encephalitis and amebic keratitis | warm freshwater | combination therapy | |
| Flagellates | ||||
| kinetoplastid flagellates | Trypanosoma cruzi | Chagas disease | benznidazole or nifurtimox | |
| Trypanosoma brucei | African sleeping sickess | individualized | ||
| Leishmania | leishmaniasis | individualized | ||
| intestinal flagellates | Giardia lamblia | giardiasis | tinidazole or metronidazole or nitazoxanide | |
| Dientamoeba fragilis | paromomycin or iodoquinol or metronidazole | |||
| genitourinary flagellates | Trichomonas vaginalis | trichomoniasis | tinidazole or metronidazole | |
| Apicomplexa | ||||
| Haemosporida | Plasmodium falciparum | malaria | atovaquone-proguanil or artesunate if severe | |
| Other Plasmodium | malaria | quinine + doxycycline ± primaquine | ||
| Babesia | babesiosis | atovaquone + azithromycin | ||
| blood and tissue coccidia | Toxoplasma gondii | toxoplasmosis | eating undercooked meat or cat feces | pyrimethamine + sulfadiazine |
| Sarcocystis | sarcocystosis | eating undercooked meat | possibly albendazole | |
| gut coccidia | Cryptosporidium | cryptosporidiosis | nitazoxanide | |
| Cyclospora cayetanensis | cyclosporiasis | TMP-SMX | ||
| Cystoisospora belli | cystoisoporiasis | TMP-SMX | ||
| Sarcocystis | sarcocystosis | possibly albendazole | ||
| Ciliates | ||||
| gut ciliates | Balantidium coli | balantidiasis | tetracycline | |
