Antibiotics Flashcards
Flucloxacillin/ Dicloxacillin
Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA)
Penicillin G/ Benzylpenicillin/ ampicillin
Streptococcus
Amoxycillin/ clav acid
Strep, staph + gram negatives
Piperacillin/ tazobactam
Strep, staph, gram negatives, anaerobes and pseudomonas
Metronidazol
Anaerobes + parasite
3rd Gen ceph (cephtriaxone)
Gram negatives + enteric bacteria (also good cns penetration)
4th gen ceph
Same as 3rd gen + pseudomonas
Carbapenems
Almost everything except mrsa
Vancomycin
mrsa and gram positives
Clindamycin
Clostridium difficile
Ciprofloxacin
ESCAPPM and pseudomonas (resistance developing)
Macrolide (roxithromycin)
Staph, strep, e.coli, mycoplasma, chlamydophila, legionella (bacteriostatic)
Mycoplasma, chlamydophila and legionella causes atypical pneumonia
Gentamycin
Gram negatives + pseudomonas (ototoxicity+nephrotoxicity)
Trimethoprim
UTIs (E.coli)