Different Conditions

Question 1

MRSA?

Answer 1

Vancomycin or Teicoplanin

Question 2

Nosocomial pneumonia?(severe)

Answer 2

IV amox + metronidazole + gentamicin

Question 3

Nosocomial pneumonia (mild) ?

Answer 3

Amoxicillin and metronidazole

Question 4

CAP (curb 0-2)

Answer 4

Amoxicillin (pencillin allergic - doxy)

Question 5

CAP (CURB 3 or more)

Answer 5

IV co-amoxiclav and IV clarithromycin

Question 6

Intra abdominal sepsis

Answer 6

IV amox and metro and gent

Question 7

Mild c diff

Answer 7

Metronidazole

Question 8

Severe c diff

Answer 8

Oral vancomycin (the only time you ever use oral vancomycin - you want it to stay in the gut)

Question 9

TB

Answer 9

Rifampicin 
Isoniazid 
Pyrazinamide
Ethambutol 
(All four for two months and then R and I for four months after)

Question 10

What are the side effects of the TB drugs?

Answer 10

Rifampicin - orange pee, tears
Isoniazid - rash, abnormal LFTs, hepatitis
Pyrazinamide - joint pains
Ethambutol - optic neuritis, red green colour blindness

Question 11

Pneumocystis jirovecii?

Answer 11

Co trimoxazole

Question 12

Acute exacerbation of COPD ?

Answer 12

Amox or doxy

Question 13

Legionaires disease?

Answer 13

Erythromycin or clarithrimycin

Question 14

Epiglottitis

Answer 14

Ceftriaxone

Question 15

Amebiasis ?

Answer 15

Metronidazole

Question 16

Giardiasis

Answer 16

Metronidazole

Question 17

Staph aureus ?

Answer 17

Flucloxacillin