Miscellaneous Flashcards
Empiric treatment
Bacterial meningitis
Ceftriaxone
Vancomycin
Empiric treatment
C perfringens
Penicillin 2 mUq4 + clindamycin 600q8
Empiric treatment
Erythroderma TSS
Vancomycin + clindamycin
Empiric treatment
Brain abscess
Vanco + metro + ceftriaxone
Staph
Strep
Anaerobes
Empiric treatment
NECROTIZING FASCIITIS
Vanco + Clindamycin
Empiric treatment
SEPTIC SHOCK
Vancomycin+
Gentamicin +
Piptazo/ cefepime
Empiric treatment
OVERWHELMING POST SPLENECTOMY SEPSIS
Ceftriaxone + Vancomycin
Empiric treatment
MENINGOCOCCEMIA
Penicillin 4 mU q4 or Ceftriaxone 2g q12
Serves as a site of bacterial attachment during transient bacteremia
Nonbacterial thrombotic endoscopy
The most common infection caused by pseudomonas aeruginosa
Respiratory
*** pseudomonas has strong predilection for the lungs
Agent with most published experience in P aeruginosa meningitis
Ceftazidime
Most devastating of P aeruginosa eye infections
P aerugibosa endophthalmitis secondary to bacteremia
Gold standard for otitis external in pseudomonas patient
Positive technetium 99 bone scan
The organism that has to be covered in febrile neutropenia patients
Pseudomonas
Patients with chronic granulomatosis disease are predisposed to this organism
Burkholderia cepacia
Drug of choice for francis Ella tularensis
Gentamicin
Most common clinical presentation of tularemia
Lymphadenopathy
Empiric antibiotic therapy for
Bacterial meningitis in immunocompetent adults <55
(Acute meniningitus chapter)
Cefotaxime/Ceftriaxone/Cefepime
+ Vancomycin
If more than 55 yo add Ampicillin
Treatment
Schistosoma japonicum
Priziquantel 20 mg/kg 3 doses per day
Treatment
Clonorchis, Opistorchis, Fascioloa
Praziquantel 25 mg/kg 3 doses in 1 day
Treatment
Paragonimus westermani
Praziquantel 25 mg/kg 3 doses per day in 2 days
