Pharm III Flashcards

1
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Bone and joint infections are extensions of what?
Exceptions?

A

-extension of extracellular fluid
-joint infections with excessive purulent debris
-devitalized bone fragment
-surgical implants and biofilm

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What empiric therapies can we use to treat osteomyelitis?

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-cephalosporins (injectable)
-Clindamycin
-clavamox
-TMS combos
-fluroquinolones

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How do tetracyclines work in the bone?

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-reach high concentrations in the bone
-chelate to the bone, form depot

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What should be used whenever possible with bone infection?
What is preferred?

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-local or regional therapies, including surgical intervention
-Regional limb perfusion, limited to distal limb structures

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Intra-articular is limited to what?

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-proximal limb, cervical

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6
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What drugs do we use to lavage joints?

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-amikacin
ceftiofur

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7
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When should we use antibiotics for dentals?

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-diagnosed infection (osteomyletits that cant be removed, cellulitis in surrounding tissues)
-predisposing factors (immunosuppression, underlying heart disease, renal and hepatic disease)

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8
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What bacteria is often present in the mouth

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Anaerobes

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9
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What antibiotics can be used for the mouth?

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-amoxicilin sulbactam
clindamycin
doxy, chlormaphenicol, metronidazole

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10
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What can doxirobe gel be be used for?

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-stage 2-4 periodontal disease
-periodontal pockets that are greater than 5 mm deep
-sole therapy in stage 2 or 3
-combined with other therapies in stage 4

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What antibiotics can we use for an immunosuppressed patient with the presence of a persistent fever

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-FQ plus potentiated aminopenicllin
-fq plus cephalosporin
Horses (aminoglycoside + beta lactam, FQ+ beta lactam, high dose ceftiofur)

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12
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What spectrum of therapy do we use for life-threatening sepsis/

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broad spectrum therapy

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13
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What bacteria do we often see with bacterial endocarditis
What do we culture?

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staph, strep, and E.coli
-eryosipholothrix, corynebacterium
-bartonella,
-many other species including anaerobes
-blood

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14
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What kind of antibiotic do we pick for bacterial endocarditis?

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-broad spectrum, IV, bactericidal
usually peniclillin+ fluroquinolone

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What do we use to treat bartonella causing bacterial endocarditis?

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-azithromycin +/- amikacyin
-doxy, amoxicillin, enrofloxacin, rifampin
-doxy and enro/prado

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What do we culture for hepatobiliary disease?

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-tru cut biopsy
-start empiric therapy before we collect our sample

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What antibiotics do we ue to treat hepatobiliary disease in dogs and cats?

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-clavomox, enrofloxacin, metronidazole

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18
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What drugs do we use to treat hepatobiliary disease in horse?

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-TMS, enro, metronidazole

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What organisms cause hepatobiliary disease

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-E.coli, enterococcus, anaerobes

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20
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What antibiotics are eliminated in the bile?

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-chloramphenicol, macrolides, clindamycin, doxy

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What is enrofloxacin known to cause in boxers?

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-histiocytic ulcerative colitis

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22
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What is metronidazole used to treat?

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-Giardia, clostridium

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23
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What is tylosin responsive diarrhea

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-middle age large breed dogs
-chronic diarrhea

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24
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What do we use oxytet for in horses?

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oxytet

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25
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If a horse has bronchopneumonia, what drug do we pick

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TMS

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26
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What bacteria have multiple drug resistance?

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-methicillin resistant staphylococus
-extended spectrum beta lactamase bacteria
-enteroccocus sp

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27
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What is MRSA

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-S. auerues organisms resistnat to the anti-staphylococcal penicillins
-methicillin, oxacillin

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28
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What is resistant mediated by with MRSA

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-MecA gene
-encodes for penicllin binding protein 2a
-low binding affinity for B-lactam antibiotics
-resistant to ALL beta-lactam antibiotics

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29
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What are risk factors for MRSA

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-Prior administration of antimicrobial drugs (Beta lactams and fluroquinolones in dogs)
IV catheterization

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30
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What are the most common sites to find MRSA

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-EAR, SKIN
-can treat these topically

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31
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What is MRSP a common cause of?

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-canine pyoderma

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What is MRSE

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-methicillin resistant staphylococcus epidermis
-commonly seen in horses

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33
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How do we treat MRSA

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-based on culture and sensitivity to

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34
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What are MRSA/MRSP routinely sensitive to?

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-doxy
-chloramphenicol
-TMS
-rifampin
-Dont always need the big gun

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35
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What is mupirocin

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-Bactoderm
-indicated for topical treatment of canine bacterial infections of the skin
-Superficial pyoderma (susceptible strains of Staph aureus and staph intermedius)

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36
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Where are extended spectrum betalactamses found?
What do they produce and what do they do?

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-gram negative bacteria
-produce B-lactamses, which inactivate penicillins and inactive B-lactamse resistant cephalosporins

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37
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Where does resistance come from with ESBL

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-plasma mediated
-encode other genes that infer resistance to other antimicrobials of this class

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38
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What can we use to treat ESBL

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-amikacin
-imipenem
-clavamox

39
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What is the number one ESBL in vet med?

A

E.coli
-pseudomonas and samonella

40
Q

What enteroccoi have resistnace?

A

-E.faecalis and E.faecium

41
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What kind of pathogens are E.faecalis and E.aecium

A

commensal organisms in the GI tract
-not typically virulent but multi drug resistant

42
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Where do we commonly find E.coli
How do we treat

A

-in the urinary tract of small animals
-treat the primary organism

43
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When should we treat E.coli with a urine culture?
What do we treat with?

A

-pure, heavy growth is cultured
-animal is showing clinical signs
–ampicillin,

44
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What is rifampin used for?

A

-gram positive and gram negative bacteria
-mostly bacteriostatic
-noted for intracellular activity

45
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Rifampin is sometimes used for>

A

Monotherapy for MRSP pyoderma

46
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What do we worry about rifampin with dogs?

A

-dogs -> hepatic enzymes and hepatotoxicity
-turns urine, sweat and tears a red orange color

47
Q

What do we use to treat R.equi in foals

A

macrolide plus rafampin

48
Q

What kind of drugs are carbapenems
Spectrum of activity

A

-B lactam antibiotics
-impenem, meropenum
-gram negative, gram positive, and anaerobic bacteria.
-May be effective against ESBL, not effective against MRSA and enterococci

49
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Describe Imipenum
What is Cilastatin

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-administered IV, pain on SC/IM
-converted to nephrotoxic metabolite in the renal tubules

inhibitor of renal rubular dipeptidase

-Combine these two drugs to increase active drug in the urine

50
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Meropenem

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-best choice for use in small animals
-easily administered SC
-less likely to be nephrotoxic
-need higher doses for psuedomonas

51
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What side effects do we see with carbapenems?

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-vomiting, diarrhea, hypersensitivy reactions
-nephrotoxicity
-seizures with rapid IV administration

52
Q

What is the mechanism of vancomysin

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-cell wall inhibitor and bactericidal

53
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What is the mechanism of resistance for vancomysin?

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-not affected by B-lactamse or MECa

54
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What is the vancomysin spectrum

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-gram positive aerobes and anaerobes only

55
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What are the side effects of vancomysin

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-allergies, phelbitis, nephrotoxic

56
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What do we use vancomycin for?

A

-serous, resistant life threatening infections
-only when C&S dictate

57
Q

What is Linzeolid

A

Oxazolidone -> protein synthesis inhibitor
-bacteriostatic
-gram positive aerobic spectrum (E.coli, strep, staph)

58
Q

Linzeolid is an oral option for?

A

MRSP

59
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What is the mechanism that Nitrofuran uses?

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-blocks bacterial energy producing pathways
-bactericidal in urine only

60
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Spectrum of activity for Nitrofuran

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-gram negative and gram positive aerboci in urine ONLY
-includes most E.coli and staph causing UTIs in dogs

61
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What is Equifur

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-treatment of UT

62
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PK of Nitrofuran

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rapidly excreted unchanged in urine
-use this before reaching for imipenem

63
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adverse effects of nitrofuran

A

-GI, hepatopathy

64
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Fosomycin spectrum

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-Staph, Enteroccocus
-E. coli, enterobacter, Klebseilla, proteus
-some gram positive anaerobes

-used for UTI

65
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When you do a culture, what is assumed?

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-sample was appropriately collected
-sample was appropriately transported to a lab
-clinical evidence of inflammation in the patient

66
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What is MIC

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-lowest concentration of a drug that completely inhibits growth of the bacteria

67
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What is a breakpoint MIC

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-maxmium bacterial MIC that predicts succcessful therapy
-Determine S,IR

68
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What are the four steps to determine Breakpoint MIC

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  1. Evaluate population MIC
  2. consider PK/PD parameters
  3. use statistical modeling to predict population responses
  4. use clincial data
69
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For time dependent drugs, T>MIC for 50% of dosing interval for what patients?

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immunocompotent patients

70
Q

What is the final step to determine in the patient?

A

Final step is to confirm it works in the patient

71
Q

What happens if the data isnt available for your source

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-That antibiotic is not reported on the C&S
-Breakpoints for other species used
-Reported as NI

72
Q

What does susceptible mean on a culture report
Intermediate
Resistant

A

-treatment of this bacteria with this antibiotic has high likelihood of therapeutic success
-bacterial MIC is less than or equal to breakpoint MIC

-therapeutic effect is uncertain
-may have efficacy in body sites where the drugs are phsyiologically concentrated

-treatment of this bacteria with this antibiotic has high likelhood of therapeutic failure
-Bacterial MIC is greater than or equal to breakpoint MIC

73
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When do we have to interpret SIR and differently?

A

susceptiblity tests can underestimate -> surface infections
urinary bladder

Tests can overestimate concentrations at these sites ->intracellular bacteria, eye, prostate/CNS

74
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Do enteroccoi always need to be treated?

A

NO

75
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What does methicillin resistnat mean?

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-the organism will be resistant to all beta lactams drugs, including all generations of cephalosporins

76
Q

-If you have a culture result that says 3rd generation ceph R=
-3rd Generation R+ amoxi/clav S?

A

broad spectrum beta lactamase production
-likely ESBL

77
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What is psuedomonas intrinsically resistant to?

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-beta lactams
-most cephalosporins
-tetracylines
-chloramphenicol
-TMS
-easily develops to fluroquinolones

78
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What antibiotics have intrinsic resistnace?

A

-aminoglycosides
-cephalosporins
-cindamycin
-TMS

79
Q

If something is susceptible to tetracycline?

A

-likely susceptible to doxy/mino

80
Q

If not susceptible to tetracycline?

A

may still be susceptible to doxy/mino

81
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If susceptible to erythromycin

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likely susceptible to azithro/clarithromycin

82
Q

Utis in male intact adult dogs should come with a high suspicion of what?

A

Complicated/recurrent disease

83
Q

What would be number one on your differential diagnosis list?

A

-prostatitis

84
Q

What shoudl you do before prescirbing 4-6 weeks of a fluroquinolone

A

-confirm prostatitis

85
Q

How can we diagnose prostatsis?

A

-ultrasound
-discordance between urine and prostatic fluid culture results can occur
-drain prostatic abscesses
-fluoroquinolone while awaiting culture and susceptibility treating

86
Q

How long do we treat acute prostatitis for?

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4 weeks

87
Q

If you have a dog with prostatitis, how do you follow up?

A

-castration in dogs not intended for breeding
-monitor prostate size by ultrasound

88
Q

Does enrofloxacin concentrate in the prostate?

A

Yes but it does not concentrate as well as it does in urine

89
Q

Do we think an I is a potential choice for enro with prostatis?

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No

90
Q

What criteria are used to determine ESBL resistance

A

CeftazadimeWh

91
Q

What veterinary drug would be equivalent to ceftazidime resistnace?

A

-cefpodoxime

92
Q

What is the best way to treat Ernie’s abscess?

A

-Drain and debride

93
Q

Where is TMS inactivated?

A

Pus abscessess

94
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