Bugs and Drugs Flashcards
Treatment of choice for adenovirus infections
Cidofovir
Drug given with cidofovir to prevent renal tubular uptake (nephrotoxicity)
probenecid
Treatment of choice for HSV
acyclovir
Treatment of choice for CMV
Gancyclovir
Treatment of choice for CMV in patient with pancytopenia
Foscarnet
Side effect of gancyclovir
bone marrow suppression
Side effect of foscarnet
nephrotoxicity and electrolyte abnormalities
Side effect of cidofovir
nephrotoxicity (probenocid helps)
side effect of acyclovir
Crystal nephropathy, neurotoxicity
Treatment of choice for anthrax
any fluoroquinolone or doxycycline for 60 days
Treatment of choice for nocardia
bactrim
Treatment of choice for toxoplasmosis
pyrimethamine + sulfadiazine
Treatment of choice for strongyloides infections
Daily ivermectin until cleared
Tapeworm that causes cysts in the lung and liver
Echinococcus
Hookworm that causes nutritional deficits and gets in from direct dermal penetration
Ancyclostoma duodenale
Roundworm that causes intestinal obstructions
Ascaris lumbricoides
Fluke from raw crab meat that causes eosinophilic pleural effusion
Paragonimus westermani
Roundworm that migrates from the GI tract to the lungs and causes bleeding from either organ.
Strongyloides
Treatment of choice for hantavirus
supportive
Gram negative bacilli beta-Lactamase producing bacteria
ESCHAPPM
Enterobacter
Serratia
Citrobacter
Hafnia
Acinetobacter
Proteus (not mirabilis)
Providencia
Morganella Morganii
6 Gram negative bacilli
E coli
ESCHAPPM organisms
Klebsiella
Legionella
Proteus mirabilis
Pseudomonas
3 Gram negative cocci/coccobacilli
Neisseria meningitidis
H influ
moraxella
2 gram negative anaerobic bacteria
Bacteroides
Fusobacterium
3 gram positive anaerobes
Actinomyces
Clostridium
Peptostreptococcus
6 gram positive cocci
MRSA
MSSA
S. Epidermidis
Enterococcus Faecium
Enterococcus Faecalis
Streptococcus
5 general gram negative antibiotics
Cefotetan
Cefuroxime
Ceftriaxone
Azithromycin
Clarithromcyin
10 antipseudomonal abx
Aztreonam
Cefepime
Ceftazidime
Carbapenems (except ertapenem)
Colistin
Gentamicin
Quinolones
Polymixin B
Tobramicin
Zosyn
10 MRSA abx
Bactrim
Clindamycin
Daptomycin
Delbavancin
Doxycycline (or minocycline)
Fosfomycin
Gentamycin
Linezolid
Oritavancin
Vancomycin
6 MSSA abx
Cefazolin
cefalexin
Nafcillin
Oxacillin
Methicillin
Dicloxacillin
9 abx with anaerobic activity
PCNs
Augmentin
Cefotetan
Zosyn
Flagyl
Clindamycin
Moxifloxacin
Doxy/minocycline
Carbapenems
5 abx for yeast
Micafungin
Caspofungin
anidulafungin
fluconazole
posaconazole
1 abx for cryptococcus
fluconazole
2 abx for histoplasma or blastomycosis
Itraconazole
Posaconazole
2 abx for aspergillus
Voriconazole
Isavuconazole
1 abx for mucor
Isavuconazole
Organism that causes hypermucoviscous growth on agar plate
Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae
Bacteria found with drinking unpasteurized milk
Brucella
Treatment for brucellosis
Doxycycline and either streptomycin or gentamicin
Infection in HIV that appears like HLH
Histoplasmosis
Drug used to treat severe malaria in the US
Artesunate
Drug used to treat mild malaria in the US
Doxycycline
