Which is not cysticidal for entamoeba -: (A) Paramomycin, (B) Chloroquine, (C) Tetracycline, (D) Diloxanide
Answer is B. Ans. is 'b' i.e., Chloroquine o Chloroquine kills trophozoites of E. histolytica (not cysts). Therefore, it is used in hepatic amoebiasis only. o All other three drugs are luminal amoebicides - Drugs directly kills trophozites responsible for production of cysts (cysticidal effect).