Antibiotics Flashcards
What can amoxicillin treat?
Certain cases of pneumonia
Otitis media
Syphilis
Group a strep throat
Sinusitis
What can amoxicillin clavulanate (Augmentin) tx?
Second line otitis media after treatment failure with amoxicillin or recent anabiotic use
Sinusitis
What antibiotic should be used for mastitis?
Dicloxacillin is first line
Second line > clindamycin or macrolides
What infections are macrolides used for?
Pneumonia in certain cases
Pertussis
H. pylori
What treats pertussis
Azithromycin
What can be used for part of the H. pylori treatment?
Clarithromycin
Steven Johnson syndrome: what antibiotic can cause this?
Sulfonamides
What are sulfonamides used for?
Urinary tract infections
purulent cellulitis
below the waist skin complaints
Prophylaxis in aids patients
True or false cephalosporins are safe to use in pregnancy
True
What are cephalosporins used for?
Skin complaints, postop wounds
What is a respiratory fluoroquinolone?
Levofloxacin (Levaquin)
What can ciprofloxacin treat?
Urinary tract infections (complex)
Diverticulitis
Travelers diarrhea 
What three things to look out for when prescribing fluoroquinolones?
QT prolongation
Tendon rupture
Myasthenia gravis 
What are the three macrolides?
Azithromycin
Clarithromycin
Erythromycin 
What are adverse effects when using vancomycin?
Red man syndrome
Ototoxicity
Nephrotoxicity
What medication would you use for C-diff?
Vancomycin PO
What medication would you use to treat MRSA?
Vancomycin (parenteral)
How do you treat acute otitis media?
Amoxicillin
How do you treat Lyme disease?
Doxycycline
How do you treat chlamydia first-line therapy?
Doxycycline
How do you treat rocky mountain spotted fever?
Doxycycline
When do you use nitrofurantoin (macrobid)?
Urinary tract infections
What antibiotic is used for trichomoniasis?
Metronidazole
What antibiotic is used for bacterial vaginitis?
Metronidazole (Flagyl)
What anabiotic is used to treat tuberculosis and bacterial meningitis?
Rifampin 
Which antibiotics can be used for sinusitis?
Augmentin or cephalosporins
Which antibiotic classes are used for strep throat?
Penicillins or macrolides
Which anabiotic do you use for a dog or cat bite?
Augmentin
(dog bitten = Augmentin)
How long after a dog or cat fight do we suture it?
Never ever ever
What are the pregnancy? Safe antibiotics?
CAMP:
Cephalosporins
Amoxicillin
Macrolides/Macrobid
Penicillins 
Which antibiotics can be used to treat pneumonia with no respiratory comorbidities or recent antibiotic use?
MAD:
Macrolides
Amoxicillin
Doxycycline
Which antibiotics should be used for pneumonia when the patient HAS had recent antibiotic use or has a respiratory comorbidity?
Levofloxacin
Macrolide and Augmentin 
How do you treat H. pylori with triple therapy?
CAP
Clarithromycin + amoxicillin + PPI
How do you treat H. pylori with quadruple therapy?
Treat My Belly Pain:
Tetracycline + metronidazole + bismuth salt + PPI
What are the two antibiotics that treat chlamydia?
doxycycline (preferred)
Azithromycin (alternative for non compliant or pregnant pts)
How do you treat gonorrhea when NAAT testing has ruled out chlamydia?
A single dose of ceftriaxone IM
How do you treat gonorrhea chlamydia?
Ceftriaxone IM
plus
doxycycline (Alternatively, azithromycin)
What antibiotic would be inappropriate to give a patient who has strep AND mono?
Amoxicillin due to the bili form rash that’s occurs
What should be prescribed for a staph/strep skin infection I.e. cellulitis
1st gen cephalosporin
Cephalexin
