Penicillin Flashcards
Penicillin G and Penicillin V
Natural Penicillin
Natural Penicillin coverage
primarily gram positive (staph, strep enterococci), little gram negative (N. gonorrhea and N. meningitis), gram positive anaerobes
Natural Penicillin use
syphillis mainly
Why don’t we use natural penicillin anymore?
too much resistance
Dicloxacillin
Nafcillin
Oxacillin
Methicillin
Synthetic PCN
Synthetic PCN coverage
primarily gram positive and MSSA/MSSE
Synthetic PCN USE
MSSA infections including endocarditis
Amoxicillin
Ampicillin
Amino PCN
Amino PCN coverage
PCN with added gram negative (e. coli, p. mirabilis, h. flu); VRE( ampicillin)
What does ampicillin cover?
VRE
Amino PCN use
otitis media, UTI, Meningitis
Augmenting
Unsay
Zosyvn
Timentin
Beta lactam and beta lactamase inhibitor
Beta lactam and beta lactase inhibitor coverage
amino PCN + beta lactam producing strains
What are beta lactam producing strains
MSSA, h. flu, E. coli, m. catarrhalis, P. mirablis
What does Unasyn treat
acinetobacter