CNS INFECTIONS

Question 1

BACT. MENINGITIS

Answer 1

adult
ceftriaxone
cefotaxime

child
ceftriaxone
cefotaxime+ vancomycin

neonates (Group B strep)
ampicillin + ceftriaxone/cefotaxime

neonates (Listeria)
ampicillin/amoxicillin + aminoglycosides

Question 2

CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS

Answer 2

neoformans,gattii
amphotericin B + flucytosine
flu/vori/itra-conazole

Question 3

HEAD

Answer 3

HSV ENCEPHALITIS
acyclovir
vidarabine

NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS
albendazole
praziquantel

TOXOPLASMOSIS
pyrimethamine + sulfadiazine
pyrimethamine + clindamycin (ocular)

TETANUS
penicillin g
erythromycin

CHLAMYDIAL EYE INFECTION
tetracyclines
azithromycin

VIRAL CONJUCTIVITIS BY HSV 1
acyclovir
idoxuridine
trifluridine
BY H.ZOSTER
ayclovir

Question 4

BACT. CONJUNCTIVITIS
staph.aureus
strep.pyogenes/pneumonia
H.aegyptius

Answer 4

sodium sulfacetamide
bacitracin, neomycin, polymyxin B
tetracycline, tobramycin, gentamicin
ciprofloxacin/ofloxacin
chloroamphenicol, erythomycin

Question 5

OTITIS MEDIA
staph. aureus
strep. pyogenes/pneumonia
H.aegyptius
H.influenzae
Morexella catarrhalis

Answer 5

amoxicillin + clavuranic acid
cefaclor, cotrimoxazole

Question 6

PHARYNGITIS, TONSILLITIS

Answer 6

B-hemolytic strep–penicillin V

staph aureus/ H.influenzae/ Bacterioides spp
– amoxicillin
erythromycin

Question 7

SINUSITIS

Answer 7

STREP PNEUMONIA/PYOGENES
penicillin V
amoxicillin

CMV
ganciclovir/valganciclovir/ cidofovir/ foscarnet

EBV
acyclovir/ ganciclovir/ vindarabine

Question 8

PNEUMONIA
CHILD: pneumococcus/S.aureus/ H.influenzae
ADULT: above + mycoplasma/ legionella/ C.pneumoniae/ coliforms

Answer 8

marcolides
amoxicillin + tetracycline
macrolides + ceftriaxone/ cefataxime

CHILD– ceftriaxone/ cefuroxime/ cefotaxime