Antibiotics

Question 1

Doxycycline
Thiazides
Sulfonamides
Fluoroquinolones
NSAIDs

Answer 1

phototoxic drug that can cause skin eruptions when pt is exposed to UV light. They do not depend on immune mechanisms so they dont require a period of stabilization. caused by the production of reactive oxygen species causing keratinocyte necrosis.

Question 2

Pityriasis Rosea

Answer 2

red scaling eruption. preceded by solitary “herald patch”. Characteristic orientation of the lesions give typical Christmas tree appearance. Associated with HH6 and HH7.

Question 3

Treatment for Ptyriasis rosea

Answer 3

Self limited and is most often asymptomatic.

Question 4

treatment for post partum endometriitis

Answer 4

clindamycin-gentamycin.

its polymicrobial so we need anaerobic, gram neg and gram pos coverage.

Question 5

parenteral treatment for acute bacterial prostatitis

Answer 5

aminoglycoside may be combined with IV levofloxacin or ciprofloxacin

Question 6

drugs that cause a disulfiram like reaction

Answer 6

metronidazole

Question 7

prefered treatment for pregnant mom in labor with GBS

Answer 7

penicillin G
cefazolin for mild pen allergy
clinda or vanco for major pen allergy

Question 8

treatment for community acquired pneumonia

Answer 8

azithromycin (macrolide) and ceftriaxone
or
flouroquinolones alone

Question 9

treatment for alcoholic klebsiella pneumonia

Answer 9

ceforoxime, fluoroquinolone, amox/sulbactam

Question 10

treatment for aspiration pneumonia or lung abscess

Answer 10

clindamycin