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Antibiotics Flashcards

1
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What antibiotic do you use for penumocystitis Jiroveci?

A

Co-trimoxazole

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2
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What is the treatment for thrush?

A

pessary clotrimazole

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3
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How do you treat legionella?

A

fluroquinilone and clarithromycin or rifampicin

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4
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What do you use to treat cellulitis?

A

Flucloxcacillin

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5
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What do you use to treat bones and joints infection?

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Flucloxacillin (staph aureus)

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6
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What do you use to treat syphilis?

A

benzylpenicillin

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What do you use to treat meningitis?

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benzylpenicillin (amoxicillin if immunocomp or >55)+ aciclovir and ceftriaxone

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How do you treat PID?

A

floxacin and metronidazole

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How do you treat gonorrhoea?

A

Cephalosporin

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How do you treat chlamydia?

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doxycycline or 2nd or pregnant = azithromycin

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Pseudomonas is a cause of HAP (in chronic chest infections pts) or UTI in immunosupressed people. What do you treat pseudomonas with?

A

Tazocin

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How do you treat herpes or gingivostomatitis and genital herpes?

A

Oral aciclovir

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What do you use to treat C.Diff?

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need an anti-anaerobic: metronidazole

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How do you treat sepsis?

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Sepsis - Amikacin (gram negatives) + Co-amoxiclav (G+ve)

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15
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How do you treat pharyngitis e.g. group A strep

A

Penicillin

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16
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How do you treat CURB-65 0-1

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No hosp admission
use doxy or amoxicillin [also use in COPD H.influenzae]
if pregnant use erythromcin

17
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How do you treat CURB-65 2-5

A

Benzyl-penicillin and doxycycline

18
Q

how do you treat HAP?

A
  1. Doxycycline

2. Levofloxacin

19
Q

How do you treat aspiration pneumonia?

A

Cephalosporin (cefaclor) IV and metronidazole IV

20
Q

how do you treat stomach bacteria?

A

norm anaerobes so METRONIDAZOLE

or IV benzylpenicillin

21
Q

How do you treat GI and liver infections?

A

Send blood cultures and pus samples
- Co-amoxiclav and gentamicin
+ possibly metronidazole if suspect anaerobic

22
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What is the treatment for uncomplicated UTI e.g. female and non pregnant + normal renal tract and function

A

nitrofurantoin for 3d if female or 7d if male

2nd line = co-amoxiclav

23
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What is the treatment for complicated UTI e.g. male and pyelonephritis

A

Co-amoxiclav and amikacin [same as sepsis]

24
Q

What is the treatment for a catheter UTI?

A

Only tx if symptomatic –> use gentamycin –> think: e. coli

25
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What is the treatment for UTI if pregnant?

A

in 1st/2nd trimester use Nitrofurantoin (as trimethroprim as an antifolate)
in 3rd dont use nitrofurantoin use trimeth as NF causes haem of newborn

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