Infectious Disease Flashcards
What are penicillins good at treating?
strep/staph, syphilis
What is vanco good at covering?
gram-pos and c. diff (PO)
What are macrolides good at covering?
atypicals and ppl with PCN allergy
What is clindamycin used for?
additional anearobic coverage
What are common SE of flouroquinolones?
prolonged QT, cartilage damage, tendon rupture
What are common SE of aminoglcosides?
ototoxicity (irreversible), nephrotoxicity (reversible)
What are aminoglucycosides good at covering?
gram-neg
What is metronidazole good at covering?
anaerobes and C. diff
Patient who is a cattle farmer presents with black eschar rash, pneumonia and N/V/D
anthrax
What is anthrax?
gram-pos spore-forming rod
What is tx of anthrax?
cipro or doxy
Patient returns from mexico and has bloody diarrhea, fever, maliase, abd pain
salmonella
How do you tx salmonella?
cipro x2 weeks
What is presentation of shigella?
diarrhea, cramps
How do you treat shigella?
only if severe, bactrim or flouroquinolone
Patient presents with rice water stools, and no fecal odor
cholera
How do you tx cholera?
macrolide
How do you dx rocky mountain spotted?
ELISA then western blot
How do you treat rocky mountain spotted?
doxycycline
Where do you see tularemia?
Arkansas, Oklahoma
How do you treat tularemia?
gentamicin or tetracycline
How do you dx malaria?
blood smear
What is tx of malaria?
chloroquine
Patient has multiple ring-enhacing lesion son CT scan
toxoplasmosis