Pentamidine

MeSH code information

• Name
  Pentamidine
• Concept
  Registry number: 673LC5J4LQ

  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.

  CASN1 number: Benzenecarboximidamide, 4,4'-(1,5-pentanediylbis(oxy))bis-
• Tree numbers
  • D02.078.100.700
• Qualifiers
  isolation & purification, immunology, pharmacokinetics, therapeutic use, agonists, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, urine, radiation effects, history, analysis, classification, economics, pharmacology, standards, administration & dosage, antagonists & inhibitors, analogs & derivatives, supply & distribution, poisoning, adverse effects, toxicity, metabolism