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Nitro-drugs are a mainstay of antiprotozoal chemotherapy. The 5-nitroimidazole metronidazole is used for intestinal pathogens and trichomoniasis; the 2-nitroimidazole benznidazole for Chagas disease; the nitrofuran nifurtimox for Chagas and, in combination with eflornithine, for gambiense HAT.
