Coccidiostat

A coccidiostat is an antiprotozoal agent that acts upon Coccidia parasites.^[1]

Examples include:^[2]

M. W. Miller, DE 2149645 (1972).

References

Cryptosporidiosis	thiazolides (nitazoxanide)
Isosporiasis	trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole^#
Toxoplasmosis	pyrimethamine sulfadiazine

Individual
agents

Aminoquinolines	(4-): amodiaquine^# chloroquine^# hydroxychloroquine^# (8-): primaquine^# pamaquine^‡ tafenoquine^†
4-Methanolquinolines	mefloquine^# quinine^# quinidine
Other	lumefantrine + artemether^# halofantrine

DHFR inhibitors	pyrimethamine biguanides chlorproguanil proguanil^#
Sulfonamides	sulfadoxine sulfalene
Co-formulation	sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine (SP)^#

Other

Combi-
nations

Fixed-dose (co-formulated) ACTs	artemether/lumefantrine^# arterolane/piperaquine artesunate/amodiaquine (ASAQ) artesunate/mefloquine (ASMQ) artesunate/pyronaridine dihydroartemisinin/piperaquine
Other combinations (not co-formulated)	artesunate/mefloquine artesunate/SP quinine/clindamycin quinine/doxycycline quinine/tetracycline

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