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Exam questionKROK 1Medicine · 2020

A 30-year-old man complaints of abdominal pain and diarrhea the persist for 5 days already chills, and fever of 37.5°C. The day before, he was in a forest, where he was drinking from an open body of water . Bacteriology confirmed the diagnosis of amebic dysentery. What is the drug of choice for the treatment of the condition?

Answer options

  1. Phthalazol
  2. Metronidazole
  3. Levomycetin
  4. Furazolidone
  5. Emetine hydrochloride
Correct answer

Metronidazole

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