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pentamidine

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pentamidine /pen·tam·i·dine/ (pen-tam´ĭ-dēn) an antiinfective used as the isethionate salt in the treatment of pneumonia, leishmaniasis, and early African trypanosomiasis.
pentamidine [pen-tam´ĭ-dēn]
an antiinfective used as the isethionate salt, administered intravenously or intramuscularly in treatment of early African trypanosomiasis and leishmaniasis, and intravenously, intramuscularly, or by oral inhalation in treatment and prophylaxis of Pneumocystis cariniipneumonia.
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