Antibiotics

Question 1

Causative organisms, appropriate antibiotics for:

Chest infection

Answer 1

Strep
Haemophillus
Atypicals

ERYTHROMYCIN

Question 2

Causative organisms, appropriate antibiotics for:

GI/intra-abdominal infection

Answer 2

Anaerobes
E.coli/coliforms

CEFUROXIME + METRONIDAZOLE

Question 3

Causative organisms, appropriate antibiotics for:

Biliary infection

Answer 3

E.coli/coliforms

CEFUROXIME + METRONIDAZOLE

Question 4

Causative organisms, appropriate antibiotics for:

Urinary tract infection

Answer 4

E.coli

TRIMETHOPRIM (or nitrofurantoin)

Question 5

Causative organisms, appropriate antibiotics for:

Meningitis

Answer 5

Neisseria meningitidis
Strep pneumoniae

CEFOTAXIME

Question 6

Causative organisms, appropriate antibiotics for:

Sepsis of unknown cause

Answer 6

Staph aureus
Strep
E.coli
Neisseria meningitidis (meningococcal)

CEFUROXIME + METRONIDAZOLE
(or tazocin)

Question 7

Causative organisms, appropriate antibiotics for:

Neutropenic sepsis

Answer 7

Staph
E.coli
Enterococcus

TAZOCIN

Question 8

Causative organisms, appropriate antibiotics for:

Endocarditis

Answer 8

Staph
Strep viridans
Enterococcus

AMOXICILLIN + GENTAMICIN (or vancomycin of allergic or MRSA)

Question 9

Causative organisms, appropriate antibiotics for:

PID

Answer 9

Neisseria gonorrhoea
Chlamydia trachmomatis

CEFTRIAXONE + DOXYCYCLINE

Question 10

Causative organisms, appropriate antibiotics for:

Skin/joint/bone infection

Answer 10

Staph aureus
Strep

Flucloxacillin