SSTI/UTI

Question 1

nonpurulent skin & soft tissue infections include?

Answer 1

necrotizing infections, cellulitis, and erysipelas

Question 2

mild tx for a nonpurulent SSTI includes?

Answer 2

ORAL:
penicillin
cephalosporin
dicloxacillin
clindamycin

Question 3

moderate tx for a nonpurulent SSTI includes?

Answer 3

IV:
penicillin
ceftriaxone
cefazolin
clindamycin

Question 4

severe tx for a nonpurulent SSTI includes?

Answer 4

empiric vanco PLUS pip/tazo

Question 5

you run cultures for a severe nonpurulent SSTI and discover the pathogen is streptococcus, how do you treat it?

Answer 5

penicillin PLUS clindamycin

Question 6

what are examples of purulent SSTIs?

Answer 6

furuncle, carbuncle, abscess

Question 7

what is empiric tx for moderate purulent SSTI?

Answer 7

bactrim or doxycycline

Question 8

what is moderate tx for purulent SSTI if pathogen is MRSA?
what about MSSA?

Answer 8

bactrim

dicloxacillin or cephalexin

Question 9

what is empiric tx for severe purulent SSTI?

Answer 9

vancomycin
daptomycin
linezolid
televancin
ceftaroline

Question 10

what is severe tx for purulent SSTI if pathogen is MRSA?
what about MSSA?

Answer 10

same as empiric:
vancomycin
daptomycin
linezolid
televancin
ceftaroline
—————-
nafcillin
cefazolin
clindamycin

Question 11

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