First Aid Classic Treatments Flashcards
ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication tx
fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Neisseria meningitidis tx
Penicillin/ceftriaxone, rifampin (prophylaxis)
clostridium botulinum tx
antitoxin
Clostridium tetani tx
anti-toxin
Staphylococcus aureus tx
MSSA: nafcillin, oxacillin, dicloxacillin
MRSA: vancomycin, daptomycin, linezolid, ceftaroline
Streptococcus pyogenes tx
Penicillin prophylaxis (to prevent rheumatic fever?)
Streptococcus pneumoniae tx
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection, pna)
vancomycin (meningitis)
Streptococcus bovis tx
penicillin; eval for colon cancer if linked to endocarditis
Enterococci tx
Vancomycin, aminopenicillins/cephalosporins
Haemophilus influenzae (B) tx
Amoxicillin +/- clavulanate (mucosal infections);
ceftriaxone (meningitis)
rifampin (prophylaxis)
Legionella pneumoniae tx
Macrolides (eg azithromycin)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa tx
Piperacillin/tazobactam, aminoglycosides, carbapenems
Treponema pallidum tx
Penicillin G
Chlamydia trachomatis tx
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection), oral erythromycin to tx chlamydial conjunctivitis in infants
Rickettsia rickettsii tx
Doxycycline, chloramphenicol
Candida albicans tx
topical azoles (vaginitis)
nystatin, fluconazole, caspofungin (oral/esophageal)
fluconazole, caspofungin, amphotercin B (systemic)
Cryptococcus neoformans tx
induction with amp B and flucytosine, maintanence with fluconazole (in AIDS pt)
Sporothrix schenckii tx
itraconazole, oral potassium iodide
Pneumocystis jiroveci tx
TMP-SMX (prophylaxis and tx in I/C pt, CD4 <200)
Toxoplasma gondii tx
sulfadiazine + pyrimethamine
Malaria tx
chloroquine, mefloquine, atovaquone/proguanil (for blood schizont), primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Trichomonas vaginalis tx?
metronidazole (pt and partner)
Influenza tx
oseltamivir, zanamivir
CMV tx
ganciclovir, foscarnet, cidofovir
Neisseria gonorrhoeae tx
ceftriaxone (+ doxycycline to cover concurrent chlamydia infection)
Clostridium difficile tx
oral metronidazole; if refractory, oral vancomycin
Mycobacterium tuberculosis tx
RIPE
rifampin, isoniazid, pyrazinamide, ethambutol
UTI prophylaxis
TMP-SMX
Chronic hep B or C tx
IFN-alpha ( HBV and HCV);
ribavirin, simeprevir, sofosbuvir (HCV)
hypercholesterolemia first line tx
statin
Buerger disease tx
smoking cessation
granulomatosis with polyangiitis (wegener) tx
cyclophosphamide, corticosteroids
Kawasaki disease tx
IVIG, high dose aspirin
arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue tx
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine, mexiletine)
pheochromocytoma tx
alpha antagonist phenoxybenzamine
diabetes inspidius tx
desmopressin (central)
HCTZ, indomethacin, amiloride (nephrogenic)
