Review Session

Question 1

Ceftriaxones are good for ____________.

Answer 1

meningococcal infections and meningitis (“remember that point”)

Question 2

Which antibiotics are not PO?

Answer 2

Aminoglycosides, vancomycin, and ceftriaxone

Question 3

Clindamycin can kill __________.

Answer 3

Gram-positive cocci (even MRSA and MSSA) and anaerobes

Question 4

Which drug can induce fungal superinfections?

Answer 4

Tetracyclines

Question 5

All cephalosporins can kill most _________, but only the 3rd, 4th, and 5th generation drugs can kill __________.

Answer 5

Gram-negative rods; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Question 6

Doxycycline is the recommended treatment for __________, and patients should avoid _________.

Answer 6

community-acquired pneumonia; direct sunlight

Question 7

Know about ___________.

Answer 7

MSSA, MRSA, lab manual, bacteriologic media, MDR plasmid transfer

Question 8

If a patient fails directed therapy, is the cause more likely to be a newly acquired gene or a mutation?

Answer 8

A mutation