Identify an accurate statement about the pharmacokinetics of drugs effective in the treatment of dysentery.
A. Chloroquine is entirely metabolized in the liver prior to excretion.
B. Metronidazole is metabolized in the liver to active trichomonicidal conjugates.
C. Tinidazole is metabolized slightly (30 percent) and excreted into the urine mostly unchanged (70 percent).
D. Chloroquine is very rapidly redistributed among tissue.
Answer: B
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