Treatments

Question 1

What do you give a person with non-severe pneumonia and no allergies?

Answer 1

Amoxicillin

Question 2

What do you give a person with non-severe pneumonia and who is penicillin allergic?

Answer 2

Doxycycline

Question 3

What do you give a pregnant person with non-severe pneumonia?

Answer 3

Erythromycin

Question 4

How do you treat non-severe community acquired pneumonia?

Answer 4

amoxicillin or doxycycline (if penicillin allergic)

Question 5

How do you treat severe community acquired pneumonia?

Answer 5

IV co-amoxiclav + doxycycline – if penicillin allergy then give only IV levofloxacin

Question 6

How do you treat non-severe hospital acquired pneumonia?

Answer 6

Oral amoxicillin or doxycycline (if penicillin allergic)

Question 7

How do you treat severe hospital acquired pneumonia?

Answer 7

IV amoxicillin and gentamicin (if penicillin allergic = co-trimoxazole + gentamicin)

Question 8

How do you treat non-severe aspiration pneumonia?

Answer 8

Oral amoxicillin + metronidazole (if penicillin allergy then give doxycycline + metronidazole)

Question 9

How do you treat severe aspiration pneumonia?

Answer 9

IV amoxicillin + metronidazole + gentamicin (if penicillin allergy then replace amoxicillin with PO Doxycycline or IV Clarithromycin)

Question 10

How do you treat pneumonia caused be legionella?

Answer 10

levofloxacin