Abx and Clinical Applications Flashcards
Uncomplicated skin and soft tissue infection
Penicillin
1st gen ceph
If allergic - vancomycin or clindamycin
Complicated skin and soft tissue infection
Ticarcillin + Clavulonate
MRSA tx
Vancomycin
Linezolid
Daptomycin
Osteomyelitis
Vancomyin
3rd or 4th gen Ceph
Surgeries with bone and joint infections
Ticarcillin + Clavulonate
Septic arthritis
3rd or 4th gen ceph
Prosthetic joint
Rifampin
URTI - acute sinusitis
Amoxicillin + Clavulonate = Augmentin
URTI - pharyngitis
Penicillin or amoxicillin
If allergic - 1st gen ceph
Community-acquired pneumonia, ambulatory
macrolide
Community-acquired pneumonia, hospitalization
beta-lactam + macrolide
Both community-acquired and hospital-acquired pneumonia, MRSA
Vancomycin
Linezolid
Hospital-acquired pneumonia, empiric
Ceftriaxone
UTI - uncomplicated cystitis
TMP-SMX
UTI - uncomplicated pyelonephritis
TMP-SMX
Fluoroquinolone