SEPSIS

Question 1

What is the drug of choice for gram negative organisms?

Answer 1

Gentamicin

Question 2

If a patient has kidney damage and is deteriorating rapidly with infection, what antibiotics should you use to cover them?

Answer 2

Piperacillin/Tazobactam - covers the gram negatives that we likely to cause a sepsis that deteriorates very quickly.

Question 3

Which are the organisms that are going to kill patients very quickly in neutropenia?

Answer 3

Gram negative organisms