Antibiotics AND Conditions

Question 1

Staph aureus

Answer 1

Flucloxacillin

Question 2

Methicillin resistant Staph (MRSA)

Answer 2

Vancomycin or Teicoplanin

Question 3

Nosocomial pneumonia (severe)

Answer 3

IV amoxicillin + gentamicin

Question 4

Nosocomial pneumonia (mild)

Answer 4

Amoxicillin

Question 5

CAP (CURB 0-2)

Answer 5

Amoxicillin (if penicillin allergic, use doxycycline)

Question 6

CAP (3 or more)

Answer 6

IV Co-amoxiclav + PO Doxycycline

Question 7

Intra-abdominal sepsis

Answer 7

IV amox + metronidazole + gentamicin

Question 8

Recurrent/relapse C. Difficile

Answer 8

Fidaxomicin

Question 9

C. difficile (mild)

Answer 9

Metronidazole

Question 10

C. difficile (severe)

Answer 10

ORAL Vancomycin (ONLY TIME YOU EVER USE ORAL VANC - you want it to stay in the gut)

Question 11

TB

Answer 11

Rifampicin, Pyrazinamide, Ethambutol, Isoniazid - give all 4 for 2 months then Rifampin and Isoniazid for a further 4 months - KNOW SIDE EFFECTS!!! i.e. orange tears, hepatic and renal toxicity…

Question 12

Pneumocystis carinii (HIV patients getting pneumonia)

Answer 12

Co-trimoxazole

Question 13

Acute exacerbation of COPD

Answer 13

1st line - Amox, 2nd line doxycycline

Question 14

Legionnaire’s disease

Answer 14

Erythromycin or clarithromycin

Question 15

Epiglottitis (h. influenzae)

Answer 15

Ceftriaxone

Question 16

Amoebiasis

Answer 16

Metronidazole

Question 17

Giardiasis

Answer 17

Metronidazole