Antibiotics Flashcards
Mild-Moderate community acquired pneumonia
Amoxicillin
Doxycycline/Erythromycin
Anything staphylococcal
Flucloxacillin
Atypical pneumonia
Generic - Clarithromycin
Mycoplasma - Doxy or Erythro or Clarith
Legionella - Erythro or Clarith
Moderate - severe community acquired pneumonia
Amoxicillin + Macrolide (Erythromycin/Clarithromycin)
Antibiotic for pregnancy
Erythromycin
Hospital acquired pneumonia
Within 5 days - co-amox
More than 5 days - tazocin or cipro or broad spectrum cephalosporin
Lower UTI
Trimethoprim or Nitrofurantoin
Or Amoxicillin or cephalosporin
Upper UTI
Broad spectrum cephalosporin or quinolone (Ofloxacin)
Prostatitis
Quinolone (ofloxacin) or trimethoprim
Bronchiectasis
Mild - Amox/clarith/doxy
Treatment likely to fail - co-amox/levofloxacin
IV - co-amox/tazocin/levofloxacin
MRSA pneumonia
Add vancomycin or teicoplanin or linezolid
MRSA pneumonia
Add vancomycin or teicoplanin or linezolid
Impetigo
Topical hydrogen peroxide
Topical fusidic acid
Oral fluclox/erythro
Cellulitis
Fluclox
pen allergic - Clarith/eryth
Cellulitis near eye
Co-amox
Erysipelas
Fluclox
Animal or human bite
Co-amox
Doxy and Metronidazole if pen allergic
Mastitis
Fluclox
Throat infections
Phenoxymethylpenicillin
Erythro if pen allergic
Sinusitis
PenV
Otitis media
Amoxicillin
Otitis Externa
Topical gent with steroids
Oral fluclox
Malignant otitis externa
Oral cipro
Peridontal abscess
Amoxicillin
Gingivitis
Metronidazole
Gonorrhoea
IM Ceftriaxone
Chlamydia
Doxycycline
Azith 2nd line
PID
Metronidazole + Doxycycline + Ceftriaxone
Syphilis
Benzathine Benzylpenicillin
Bacterial vaginosis
Metronidazole
Trichomonas
Metronidazole
C Diff
Oral Metro
2nd - Oral Vanc
Severe - IV metro + oral vanc
Campylobacter
Clarithromycin
Salmonella
Ciprofloxacin
Shigella
Ciprofloxacin
Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
Prophylaxis - cipro
Management - cefotaxime
Meningitis
Prophylaxis - cipro
Management:
- <3 months or >50 years - amoxicillin + cefotaxime
- 3 - 50 years - cefotaxime
Acne rosacea
Topical metro
Oral tetracyclines
Acne vulgaris
Benzoyl peroxide or topical linezolid
Combine with topical retinoid
Orał tetracycline - lymecycline/doxy/eryth (pregnancy)
Oral isotretinoin
Fungal nail/athletes foot
Terbinafine
Eczema herpeticum
IV aciclovir
Scabies
Permethrin
Malathion 2nd line
Ramsay hunt
Oral aciclovir