Infectious dz treatment Flashcards
tx for campylobacter jejuni (from poultry)
FQ or Azithromycin
Tx for cholera
oral rehydration
+
DOXY, azithro, furazolidone, bactrim, or cipro
Tx for Diphtheria
Antitoxin
+
PCN or macrolide
tx for rocky mt spotted fever
doxy
2nd line= chloramphenicol
tx for salmonellosis
ceftriaxone
tx for shigellosis
_bactrim***_ or cipro
tx for tetanus
tx of choice: metronidazole (2nd line= PCN)
immunoglobulin, wound debridement
tx for cryptococcus
Amphotericin B + Flucytosine for 2 weeks followed by Fluconazole for 10 weeks
Prophylaxis if CD4 < 100 with Fluconazole
Tx for mild-moderate histoplasmosis
Severe>
Itraconazole
Severe= amphotericin B
Tx for Mycobacterium avium complex?
What CD4 count in HIV patinets
CD4 <50
tx: Clarithromycin + ethambutol x >12 mo
What is prophylaxis for HIV patient if CD4 <50 and what is it for
Azithromycin or clarithromycin
for MAC (mycobacterium avium complex)
How do you tx mycobacterium Kansasii
Rifampin + ethambutol
How do you tx Mycobacterium Marinum?
how do you get this
exposure to fresh and saltwater (Marinum = aquarium)
tx: Tetracyclines, FQ, macrolides, sulfonamids x4-6wks
Tx for pinworm
Albendazole or mebendazole
tx for malaria
chloroquine
or
mefloquine (for chloroquine resistant p. falciparum)
How do you tx cestodes (tapeworm)
Praziquantel
Tx for nematodes (roundworm)
Mebendazole
tx for ascariasis
Albendazole
What can be used as chemoprophylaxis against malaria
Mefloquine
Tx for malaria in areas w/ chloroquine resistance
Doxy (started 1d before travel- 4wks after return)
Mefloquine
Atovaquone/proguanil (Malarone)
Tx for malaria in areas where chloroquine remains effective
Chloroquine and proguanil
Hydroxychloroquine
tx for toxoplasmosis
Pyrimethamine + sulfadiazine
tx for lyme dz
doxy or amoxicillin (10-21d)
