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