URI antibiotics Flashcards
Outpatient CAP
previously healthy
Macrolide
Doxycycline
Pneumonia in Transplant pt most likely
Cytomegalovirus
RSV
Aspergillus
Mucormycosis
atypical p organisms
chalmydia pneumoniae
mucoplasma penumoniae
legionella pneumophilia
DOC for penuococcus
cefotaxime
ceftriaxone
(not cephalosporin)
FQ spectrum
intracellular atypicals (mycoplasma, chlamydia, legionella_
second line for some mybacterials (MTB, MAC)
treatment duration CAP
conditions
minimum 5 days
afebrile 48-72 hours, breathing without O2
(2 weeks for coagulase positive Staph or Pseudomonas)
for Penicillin resistant strep pneumo MIC > 2.0mcg/ml
for non-meningeal infection?
Vanco and rifampin
non-miningeal = cefotaxime/ceftriaxone,
high dose ampicillin
carbapenems
flouroquinolone (levofloxacin, moxifloxacin)
best anti-pneumoccocal FQ
levofloxacin
(also moxifloxacin)
in patient CAP if pseudomonas is considered
a-penumococcal, a-pseudomonal B lactam
(piperacillin, tazobactan, cefepime, meropenem)
PLUS
a-pseudomonal flouroquinalone
drugs for resistant gram positive bacteria
Vancomycin - not VRE (oral for c dif only)
**Linzezolid - **bone marrow suppression and neuropathy prolonged use
Daptommycin - not for use in pneumonia (bound by surfactant)
CURB criteria for pneumonia,
Confusion
BUN >19mg/dL
RR >30breaths/min
Systolic < 60
Age 65
0-1=home
2= home or short inpt
3-5 = Admit, consider ICU
Penicillin resistant (0.1<1.0)
treat with
high dose penicillin G or ampicillin,
cefotaxine /ceftriaxone
(otherwise pen G and amoxicill for MIC
Inpt, non-ICU CAP with not PCN allergy
with allergy?
Beta lactam plus macrolide
a-pneumoccocal flouroquinolone
inpatient, ICU CAP with no PCN allergy
with allergy
B-lactam plus macrolide
OR a pneumococcal floruroquinolone
a-penumoccoccal FQ
PLUS aztreonam
extra side effectsm flouroquinolines
tendonitis
profoudn hypoglycemia
Typical CAP organism
Strep pneumo
Haemophilus influenzae
Moraxella catarrhalis
pneumonia in early HIV infection most likely
Step pneumo
outpatient CAP
co-modbidities present
a-pneumococcal Flouroquinolone
B-lactam plus macrolide