Abx Therapy/Application Excercise

Question 1

Strep throat treated with ___

Answer 1

penicillin

Question 2

Otitis media treated with ____

Answer 2

amoxicillin

Question 3

Tick borne infections (HME, HGA, Lyme, RMSF) treated with ____

Answer 3

Doxycycline

Question 4

Cervicitis from chlamydia treated with ____

Answer 4

Azithromycin

Question 5

Ceftriaxone (3rd gen cephalosporin) treats ____ (4)

Broadly, its good for (3)

Answer 5

Meningitis, Pneumonia, Gonorrhea, UTI

Typical respiratory and enteric bugs + N. gonorrhoeae

Question 6

Name 2 name infections that typically occur in transplant patients 1-6 months from transplant

Answer 6

Pneumocystis jiroveci
CMV

*need prophylaxis for these infections

Question 7

Common organisms of bacterial pharyngitis (2)

Answer 7

Group A strep

Some gram - anaerobes

Question 8

Common organisms of bacterial acute otitis media (3)

Answer 8

S. pneumoniae
H. influenzae
Moraxella catarrhalis

Question 9

Common organisms of bacterial acute sinusitis (3)

Answer 9

S. pneumoniae
H. influenzae
Moraxella catarrhalis

Question 10

Common organisms of acute bronchitis

Answer 10

Typically viral

*except Pertussis

Question 11

Common organisms of community acquired pneumonia

Answer 11

S. pneumoniae
H. influenzae
Moraxella catarrhalis 
PLUS:
Atypicals: Legionella, Chlamydia pneumonia, Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Question 12

T/F: Most respiratory infections require diagnostic tests to confirm pathogen in order to ensure the correct abx is being used.

Answer 12

False. Most usually treated empirically. Do not get cultures and wait for results. Many times never know pathogen definitively.

*Except: strep pharyngitis, use rapid strep test (+ cultures if rapid strep test is negative)

Question 13

Name 2 upper respiratory infections that are usually caused virally.

Answer 13

Sinusitis
Acute bronchitis

–> avoid overuse of abx in these cases