Classic/Relevant Treatments Flashcards
Ethylene glycol/Methanol intoxication
Fomepizole (Alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Chronic hepatitis B or C
IFN- alpha (HBV and HBC); ribavirin, simeprivir, sofosobuvir (HCV)
Streptococcus bovis
Penicillin prophylaxis; evaluation for colon cancer in liked to endocarditis
Clostridium botulinum
Antitoxin
This bacteria prevents release of acetylcholine
Clostridium tetani
Antitoxin
This bacteria prevents release of the neuroinhibitors GABA and glycine
Haemophilus influenza type B
Amoxicillin +/-clavulanate (mucosal infections), Ceftriaxone (Meningitis),
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Ceftriaxone - 3rd gen cephalosphorin (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent C. trachoma)
Neisseria meningitides
Penicillin/Ceftriaxone
Rifampin (Prophylaxis)
Legionella pneumophila
Macrolides (ex: Azithromycin)
50S protein synthesis inhibitor
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Piperacillin/Tazobactam, Aminoglycosides, Carbapenems
Treponema pallidum
Penicillin G
Chlamydia trachoma’s
Doxycyclyine (add ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection),
Oral Erythromycin for chlamydial conjunctivitis in infants
Candida albicans
Topical azoles (Vaginitis);
Nystatin, fluconazole, caspofungin (Oral/Esophageal);
Fluconazole, caspofungin, amphotericin B (Systemic)
Cryptococcus neoformans
Induction with Amphotericin B and flucytosine, maintenance with fluconazole (in AIDS patients)
Sporothrix schenckii
Itraconazole, oral potassium iodide
Pneumocystis jirovecii
TMP-SMX (Prophylaxis and treatment in immunosuppressed patients, CD4 <200/mm3
Toxoplasma gondii
Sulfadiazine + pyrimethamine
Malaria
Chloroquine, mefloquine, atovaquone/proguanil (for blood schizont), primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Trichomonas vaginalis
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Streptococcus pyogenes
Penicillin prophylaxis
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Penicillin/Cephalosporin (Systemic infections, pneumonia),
Vancomycin (Meningitis)
Staphylococcus aureus
MSSA: (“nod”) nafcillin, oxacillin, dicloxacillin (anti staphylococcal penicillins);
MRSA: Vancomycin, daptomycin, linezolid, ceftaroline
Enterococci
Vancomycin, aminopenicillins/cephalosporins
Rickettsia rickettsii
Doxycycline, chloramphenicol
Clostridium difficile
Oral metronidazole; if refractory, oral vancomycin
Myobacterium tuberculosis
RIPE (rifampin, isoniazid, pyrazinamide, ethambutol)
UTI prophylaxis
TMP-SMX
Influenza
Oseltamivir, Zanamivir
CMV
Ganciclovir, foscarnet, cidofovir
Patent ductus arteriousus
Close with indomethacin,
Keep open with prostaglandin (PGE) analogs
Stable angina
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Buerger disease
Smoking cessation
Kawasaki disease
IVIG, aspirin
Temporal arteritis
High dose steroids
Granulomatosis with polyangitis (Wegener)
Cyclophosphamide, corticosteroids
Hypercholesterolemia
Statin (first line)