DeCS

Descriptor English:

Pentamidine

Descriptor Spanish:

Pentamidina

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	pentamidina
Entry term(s)	isetionato de pentamidina
Scope note:	Agente antiprotozoario efectivo en el tratamiento de la tripanosomiasis, leishmaniosis y algunas infecciones por hongos; se utiliza para el tratamiento de la neumonía por PNEUMOCYSTIS en pacientes infectados por VIH. Puede causar diabetes mellitus, lesiones en el sistema nervioso central y otros efectos tóxicos.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Pentamidina

Descriptor French:

Pentamidine

Entry term(s):

Isétionate de pentamidine
Mésilate de pentamidine
Mésylate de pentamidine

Tree number(s):

D02.078.100.700

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010419

Scope note:

Antiprotozoal agent effective in trypanosomiasis, leishmaniasis, and some fungal infections; used in treatment of PNEUMOCYSTIS pneumonia in HIV-infected patients. It may cause diabetes mellitus, central nervous system damage, and other toxic effects.

Allowable Qualifiers:

AA analogues et dérivés
AD administration et posologie
AE effets indésirables
AG agonistes
AI antagonistes et inhibiteurs
AN analyse
BL sang
CF liquide cérébrospinal
CH composition chimique
CL classification
CS synthèse chimique
EC économie
HI histoire
IM immunologie
IP isolement et purification
ME métabolisme
PD pharmacologie
PK pharmacocinétique
PO intoxication
RE effets des radiations
SD ressources et distribution
ST normes
TO toxicité
TU usage thérapeutique
UR urine

Pharm Action:

Antifungal Agents
Antiprotozoal Agents
Trypanocidal Agents

Registry Number:

673LC5J4LQ

CAS Type 1 Name:

Benzenecarboximidamide, 4,4'-(1,5-pentanediylbis(oxy))bis-

DeCS ID:

10613

Unique ID:

D010419

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