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Drugs Used in Tropical Medicine

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Pharmacological action. This drug is lethal to the parasites in the tissue phase of amoebic infection. It does not affect the organisms in the intestine.

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Folb, P.I., Trounce, J.R. (1970). Drugs Used in Tropical Medicine. In: Trounce, J.R. (eds) A Guide to Drugs in Current Use. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5896-1_12

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