Treatment Methods

Question 1

How is C. diff treated?

Answer 1

With oral vancomycin or fidaxomicin.

Question 2

What is the recommended antiviral drug for influenza?

Answer 2

Oseltamivir

Question 3

How is Lyme disease treated?

Answer 3

Very sensitive to treatment with tetracyclines, most penicillins, second-and-third generation cephalosporins, less so to macrocodes.
Doxycycline 100 mg PO twice daily, or amoxicillin 500 mg thrice daily for 10 to 21 days.
More severe manifestations may require alternate treatment.

Question 4

How is TB treated?

Answer 4

Because of the high likelihood of drug resistant TB, patients are typically started on 4-drug therapy with isoniazid, rifampin, pyrazinamide, and ethambutamol.
Directly observed therapy (DOT) is the standard of care.
Therapy is usually 6 months or longer.

Question 5

How is scabies treated?

Answer 5

A topical scabicide, such as permethrin, applied to the neck, trunk, and all extremities, left on the skin for 8-14 hours before washing off. Treatment may need to be repeated in 5 days.

Question 6

What is the most common treatment for C.diff?

Answer 6

Stop antibiotics. Oral vancomycin x 10 days.

Question 7

What drugs are used to treat Legionella?

Answer 7

Quinolones (levofloxacin, ciprofloxacin) and macrolides (azithromycin, clarithromycin)