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Common diseases and drugs used for their chemoprophylaxis
• Bact. Conjunctivitis, - Erythromycin
Pertussis,
Diphtheria
• Plague, cholera - Tetracycline
• Meningococcal meningitis - Rifampicin > Sulphazine
• Influenza - Amantadine
• Tetanus - Penicillin
• Malaria - Chloroquin, chloroquin + proguanil in resistant areas
No chemoprophylaxis is given for typhoid fever.
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