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Infection Flashcards

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Example of an antiprotozoal used in amoebic infections

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Mepacrine hydrochloride

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Safest antibiotic classes in pregnancy

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Penicilins and Cephalosporins

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Signs and symptoms of infection

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fever, inflammation, drowsiness in children, confusion in elderly, worsening of renal function

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Clinical markers of infection

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Raised CRP, Low BP, High ESR, temperature, Resp rate, pulse

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what antibiotic classes must be avoided in children?

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Tetracyclines (<12)

Quinolones cause arthropathy

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What antibiotic has the largest risk of C diffe

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Clindamycin

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What type of antibiotics are related to adverse reactions e.g. fungal infections and antibiotic associated collitis/

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Broad spectrum e.g. Cephalosporins

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Examples of notifiable diseases

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  • Anthrax -Cholera
  • Botulism -Brucellosis
  • Diarrhoea (infectious/bloody)
  • Diptheria -Encephalitis(acute)
  • Food poisoning
  • haemolytic uraemic syndrome
  • viral hepatitis -Legionnaires
  • Leprosy -Malaria -measles
  • meningitis -meninigococcal septicaemia - mumps
  • paratyphiod fever -plague
  • polio -rabies -rubella -SARS
  • scarlet fever -Smallpox
  • Strep (group A) -tetanus -TB -typhoid fever -typhus -whooping cough -yellow fever
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What antibiotic is used in rheumatic fever to prevent recurrence?

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Phenoxymethylpenicillin or sulfadiazine

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What antibiotic is used in invasive strep A infection to prevent recurrence?

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Phenoxymethylpenicilin (if pen allergic -> erthyromycin or azithromycin

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What antibiotcs are used to prevent secondary menigococcal infection to exposed people?

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Ciprofloxacin or Rifampicin

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What antibiotic is used in haemophilus influenza type B to prevent secondary cases?

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Rifampicin - if therre are vunlerable occupants in household

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What antibiotic is used for diptheria in non immunocompromised patients to presvent secondary cases?

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Erthyromycin - treat for further 10 days if swab +ve after 7 days of treatment

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Antibiotic therapy used for prophylaxis of pertussis

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Clarithromycin

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Asplenia prophylaxis antibiotic of choice

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Phenoxymethylpenicilin

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Antibiotic of choice following animla bites

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co-amoxiclav (or doxy + metro)

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If a patient is having a GI procedure, what antibiotic should be given as a single STAT dose

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Gent / cefuroxime / Co-amox up to 30 mins before procedure

If MRSA +ve - vanc/teic

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Examples of antipseudomonal antibiotics

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Pip-Taz, ticarcillin with clavulanic acid

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What first line antibiotics should be given to suspected Meningococacal septicaemia patients

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  • Benz pen OR cefotaxime OR chloramphenicol
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What antibiotics are used to eliminate nasipharyngeal carriage of meningitis?

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Ciprofloxacin or rifampicin

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Antibiotics that can cause cholestatic jaundice

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Co-amoxiclav + flucloxacillin

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Antbitocs contraindicated in pregnancy

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tetracyclines, trimethoprim, nitrofurantion (causes nausea; avoid at term)

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Antibiotics to avoid in pregnancy

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Metronidazole, Chloramphenicol, aminoglycosides and Tetracyclines, Quinolones and sulphonamides

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Generally, what antibiotic is used for staphylococci infection?

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Flucloxacillin

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Generally, what antibiotic is used for MRSA infection?

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Vancomycin

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Generally, what antibiotic is used for Anaerobic infection?

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Metronidazole

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Generally, what antibiotic is used forpseudomonas taphylococci infection?

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Gentamicin

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Generally, what antibiotic is used for streptococci infection?

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Phenoxymethylpenicilin or Benpen

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If menigitis is caused by listeria, how should it be treated?

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Amoxicilin + Gentamicin for 21 days

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If a patient is over 50yrs and has meningitis, how do we treat them?

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/Cefotaxime (or ceftriaxone) + AMOXICILLIN

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Antibacterial of choice for otitis externa

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flucloxacillin ( or clari if pen allergy. If pseudomonas suspected, give Cipro)

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Signs of otitis media

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Effusion, common in children, can be systemically unwell

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When should antibiotics be offered to patients with OE

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if systemically unwell e.g. fever or if there is otorrhoea or if pt <2 with bilateral OE
Give amoxicilin or clari if pen allergic

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Ear symptoms that would requrie referral

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Dizziness or tinnitus
Pain in the middle ear
Fever and malaise in children (signs of systemic infection)
 Foreign body
Deafness
 Inflammation of the pinea
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What is the active ingredient in Sofradex

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Framycetin 0.5%, Dex 0.05% and Gramicidin 0.005%

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Active ingredient in locorten vioform

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Flumetasone / ciloquinol 0/02%

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What is the brand ofr neomycin + dexamethasone + acetic acid ear spray?

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Otomize

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antibiotic choice in Salmonella

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Cipro or ceftotazidime

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Antibiotic choice in campylobacter

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clarithromycin

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Treatment of C diffe

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metronidazole PO for 10-14 days

OR Vanc PO OR Fidaxomicin

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Antibioti choice for chlamydial infection

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Doxycyline or Azithromycin for 7 days

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Organisms that can cause sinusitis

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Strep pneumoniae, Heam.influenzae, Moraxella catharrhalis

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Should antibiotics be offered to all patients wiht ? sinusitis?

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No - only those systemicall unwell with symptoms for 10 days or morer

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First line antibiotics for Bronciesctasis or COPD acute exacerbations or

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Doxy or Clari or amox

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First line antibiotics for non severe CAP

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Amoxicillin

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First line antibiotic for moderate severity CAP

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Amoxicilin + Clarithromycin or Doxy alone

47
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High severity CAP treatment

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Benzpen + clari

48
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Atypical pneumonia first line antibiotic

49
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HAP early onset natibiotic choice

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co-amoxiclav

50
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Treatmet for Impetigo if small areas of skin infected

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Fusidic acid topical ( 7 days) or if MRSA mupirocin topical

51
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Treatmet for Impetigo if widespread infection

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PO flucloxacillin

52
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Treatment for cellulitis

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High dose flucloxacillin

53
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Examples of aminoglycosides

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Neomycin, amikacin, tobramycin, gentamicin, streptomycin

54
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What type of bacteria is Gentamicin active against

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many gram -ve (inc. P aeruginosa) and some gram +ve –> inactive against Anaerobes

55
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Side effects of aminoglycosides

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Nephrotoxic
Otoxic
Hypocalcaemia + hypokalaemia + hypomagnesaemia
May impair neuromusculae transmission (CI in MG)

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If a patient has renal impairment and is prescribed an aminoglycoside, what must be done to the dosage interval?

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increase the interval so there is more time for the drug to be excreted

57
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What condition is AG contraindicated in?

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Myasthenia Gravis

58
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Why is IBW used to calculate Gentamicin doses>

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AG are hydrophilic - to avoid excessive dosing in obese patinets

59
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When should Gentamicin levels be taken and what is the aim?

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For OD dose regimes: pre dose <1mg/mL

For multi dose regimes: take 1 hour after dose (5-10mg/mL) and trough levels (<2mg/mL)

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If a gentamicin pre-dose conc is high, what should be done

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increae the dosing interval

61
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If an aminglycoside post dose level is high what should be done?

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Reduce the dose of AG

62
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MHRA alert for histamine related reaction was associated with which aminoglycoside?

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Gentamicin

63
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What antibiotics are broad spec and beta lactams?

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Carbapenems

64
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Are carbapenems active against methicillin resistant staph aureus?

65
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Examples of Carbapenems

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Meropenum and Imipenem

66
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What antibiotics are cautioned in penicilin allergy?

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Carbapenems

67
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Which carbapenem is not active against P.aeruginosa?

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Ertapenem (used for CAP, abdominal and gynae infection)

68
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Why is imipenem given with Cilastatin?

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Cilastatin is an enzyme inhibtor that blocks imipenems renal metabolism as kidneys partially inactive imipenem

69
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Which carbapenem has the least seizure inducing potential?

70
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What is the interaction between carbapenem and sodium valporate?

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Carbapenems decrease the concentration of sodium valp as low as 10% - increasing sodium valp dose does nto counteract the interaction

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What spectrum are cephalosporins?

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Broad spec

72
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Example of 1st gen cephalosporin

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Cephalexin (often used in UTI, safe in pregnancy)

73
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Example of 2nd gen cephalosporin

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Cefuroxime (more activity against gram -ve bacteria)

74
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Example of 3rd gen cephalosporin

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Ceftriaxone and Ceftazidime (ceftazidime is active against pseudomonas)

75
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Which cephlasporin can cause gall bldder stones?

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Cetriaxone - caution in history of hypercalciuria

76
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Examples of glycopeptides

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vanc + Teic

77
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What spectrum are glycopepetides active against

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Gramm +ve only

78
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Side effects of glycopeptides

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Red man syndrome ( if infused too fast), nephrotxocitiy and otoxicity

79
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What is the aim for Vancomycin trough levels?

80
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Which antibiotic is well concentrated into bone and exreted in bile and urine?

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clindamycin

81
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Which antibiotic is most liley ot cause antibiotic associated colitiis?

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Clindamycin

82
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What is a caution associated wiht Macrolides?

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Can prolong QT

83
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Which macrolide is QDS dosing and which is BD?

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QDS = erythromycin (more GI s/e) 
BD = clarithromycin
84
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Macrolides can cause drug interactions. Why?

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They are enzyme inhibitors so can increase levels of warfarin, statins, CCBs, Apixaban, digoxin etc

85
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What condition can Azithromycin be sold as a max 1g dose for OTC?

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Asymptomatic chlamydia trachomatis gential infection

86
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Counselling points with metronidazole

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Take with food, avoid alcohol and for48 hours after treatment, may darken urine

87
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Which antibiotics are penicillinase resistant?

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Flucloxacillin and Temocillin

88
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what antibiotics are antipseudomal penicilins?

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Pip-taz (4.5g TDS)

89
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Amoxicilin peadiatric doses

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Age 1-11months: 125mg TDS
Age 1-4 years: 250mg TDS
Age 5-17 years: 500mg TDS

90
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What is the only oral antibiotic agaisndt P..aeruginosa

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Ciprofloxacin

91
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What drug in conjunction to a quininole can increae the risk of convulsions

92
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What is the MHRA alert regarding quinolones

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Tendon ruptue and damage - CI if history of tendon disorders following quinolone use

93
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Concomittant therapy with what drug increases the risk of quinolone induced tendon rupture?

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Corticosteroids

94
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what antibiotic class is associated with an MHRA alert regarding increased risk of Aortic anerusym and dissection?

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Quinolones

95
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What conditions are quinolones cautioned in

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QT prolongation, arthropathy in children, epilepsy, G6DP deficiency, excessive exposure to sunlight

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What medication interacts with Trimethoprim / co-trimz>

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Methotrexate

97
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Dose of trimethoprim for UTIS

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200mg BD (occassionally 100mg ON for UTI prophylaxis)

98
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What is the name for trimethoprim + sulfamethoxazole

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Co-trimoxazole

99
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What antibiotic is used ofr PCP infection

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Co-trimox 120mg/kg/day for treatment and 960mg for propylaxis dose (noramally M/W/Fri)

100
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What must you monitor for with trimethoprim/co-trimox?

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Blood disorders (leucopenia, thrombocytopenia, aneamia)

101
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How should tetracyclines be taken?

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Swallow whole, avoid exposure to sunlight, indigestion remedies/zin iron 2 hours before or after

102
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Which tetracycline holds the greatest risk of SLE?

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Minocycline

103
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Why should chloramphenicol be avoided in babies?

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Grey baby syndrome risk

104
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What needs to be monitored during daptomycin therapy

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Creatine phosphokinase - before and then at least weekly during treatment + renal function

105
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What are the mhra warnings associated wiht Linezolid?

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  1. Optic neuropathy

2. Blood disorders

106
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What is the risk of using linezolid in combination wiht SSRIS

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Serotonin syndrome

107
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What is Rifaximin used for?

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Travellers diarhorrea and recurrence of hepatic encepthalopathy

108
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Nitrofurantoin has the risk of what neuropathy?

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Peripheral neuropathy

109
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When is antiviral treatment needed for children with chickenpox?

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If <1 month i.e. neonate

110
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What is herpes Zooster more commonly known as

111
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What drug is used for herpes zooster (systemically) and herpes simplex (topically)

112
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Valaciclovir can be used for what form of herpes?

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Genital herpes

113
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What is Ganciclovir used to treat?

114
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What is Oseltamivir licensed for use for?

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flu - start within 48 hours

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