General Antibiotic Cards Flashcards
What is the most common cause(s) of bacterial meningitis
- streptococcus pneumoniae
- Neisseria meningitides
What is the most common cause(s) of Acute sinusitis?
- streptococcus pneumonia
- haemophilus influenzae
What is the most common cause(s) of Pharyngitis?
- streptococcus pyogenes
What is the most common cause(s) of Community Acquired Pneumonia?
- streptococcus pneumonia
- mycoplasma spp.
- H. influenzae
- Staphylococcus aureus
What is the most common cause(s) of Endocarditis?
- streptococcus viridans
- coagulase negative Staphylococcus spp.
- staphylococcus aureus
What is the most common cause(s) of Cholangitis?
- enterobacteriaceae
- anaerobes
What is the most common cause(s) of UTI/pyelonephritis?
- Escherichia coli,
- enterobacteriaceae
What is the most common cause(s) of osteomyelitis?
- staphylococcus aureus
What is the most common cause(s) of Cellulitis?
- staphylococcus aureus
- streptococcus spp.
Drug of choice for endocarditis and other severe infections cause by enterococcus (gram +)?
PCN G or ampicillin with gentamycin or streptomycin
Drug of choice for uncomplicated UTI caused by enterococcus (gram+) bacteria?
amoxicillin
Is Enterococcus gram pos or neg?
gram + cocci
Drug of choice for penicillinase producing Staphylococcus aureus or epidermidis?
- a penicillinase resistant PCN’s
- Nafcillin
- Oxacillin
- Dicloxacillin
Drug of choice for methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus or epidermidis?
vancomycin or daptomycin
Drug of choice for streptococcus pyogenes group A, C and G?
PCN G with clindamycin PCN
Drug of choice for streptococcus group B?
PCN G or ampicillin
Drug of choice for streptococcus viridans?
PCN G or ampicillin
Drug of choice for streptococcus bovis?
PCN G or ampicillin
Drug of choice for anaerobic streptococcus?
cephalosporin
Drug of choice for non-resistant streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus)?
- PCN G
- PCN V
- amoxicillin (if susceptable)
Drug of choice for resistant streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus)?
- cephalosporin
- ampicillin
Drug of choice for Neisseria gonorrhoeae (gonococcus)?
ceftriaxone
Drug of choice for Neisseria meningitides (meningitides)?
third generation cephalosporin
Drug of choice for Bacillus antracis (anthrax)?
ciprofloxacin
Drug of choice for Clostridium perfringens?
- PCN G
- clindamycin