Treatments Flashcards
CAP (0-2, mild/mod)
Amoxicillin
If penicillin allergic = Doxycycline
CAP (3-5, severe)
Co amoxiclav +Claruthromycin/Doxycline
If penicillin allergic= Levofloxacin
Step down to Doxycycline for all patients
HAP Severe
IV Amoxicillin + Metronidazole + Gentamicin
Step down to Co - trimoxazole + metronidazole
HAP Severe (penicillin allergic)
IV Co+trimoxazole + metronidazole +/- gentamicin
Steop down to Co-trimoxazole + Metronidazole
Acute exacerbation OF COPD
1st- Amoxicillin
2nd - Doxycycline
Antibiotics only given if sputum is purulent.
Ottis media
1st line - Amoxicillin
2nd - clarithyomycin
Staph Aureus
Flucloxacillin
MRSA
Gentamicin, Vancomycin and Rifampican
Streptococcus pneumonie
Amox, doxy, and xo trimox
Intra-abdominal sepsis
Amox, metronidazole, gent
Recurrent/ relapse C.diffile
Fidaxomicin
C.diffile (mild)
Metronidazole
C. diff (Severe)
ORAL vancomycin
Pneumocytis carinii (HIV patients)
Co-trimox + prednisolone
Legionnaire’s disease
Erythromycin/clarithromycin - levofloxin