Pentamidine

external

• Effects

  • Hypoglycaemia

• Parents

  • Anti-fungal agent

• Treats

  • Cutaneous leishmaniasis
  • Leishmania donovani
  • Pneumocystis pneumonia
  • Candida albicans
  • Kala-azar

• Description

  • "Prophyaxis against Pneumocystis(fungus) pneumonia in pateints receiving chemotherapy. Mechanism of its anti-protozoal action in Leishmaniasis is unknown. "