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Nitroimidazoles
Metronidazole
- Anaerobic in A,G, TV
Anarobes B Fragilis,
Fusobacterium,Clostridium
perfringens, Cl. difficile,
Helicobacterpylori, Campylobacter,
peptococci, Dracunculus medinensis,
extraction of the worm from under
the skin is facilitated
Tinidazole
t is ~12 hr; duration, suited for single
dose or once daily therapy. higher cure
rates. better tolerated
Secnidazole; t of 1729 hours
Ornidazole; t (1214 hr).
Satranidazole; t (14 hr).
- tolerability:no nausea, vomiting or
metallic taste, absence of neurological
and disulfiramlike reactions