Which Antibiotic Therapy?

Question 1

Pertussis

Answer 1

Clarithromycin

Azithromycin if pregnant

Question 2

Typhoid

Answer 2

Ciprofloxacin
Ceftriaxone if severe
Azithromycin if resistant

Question 3

Campylobactor

Answer 3

If severe:

- Macrolides (erythromycin, azithromycin)

Question 4

C-Difficile Diarrhoea

Answer 4

Nonsevere cases

First episode: metronidazole
1st-line: oral vancomycin or oral fidaxomicin
2nd-line: oral metronidazole
Severe cases: 1st-line: oral vancomycin

Question 5

Diptheria

Answer 5

IM Penicillin
Oral/IV erythromycin 14 days
(PLUS diphtheria antitoxin)

Question 6

Trichomoniasis

Answer 6

Metronidazole (7 days)

Question 7

Chlamydia

Answer 7

Doxycycline(1st) or Azithromycin

Question 8

Gonorrhoea

Answer 8

Ceftriaxone (with doxy or azithro)

Question 9

Syphilis

Answer 9

Penicillin

Question 10

Chancroid

Answer 10

Azithromycin

Question 11

Lymphogranuloma ventrum (LGV)

Answer 11

Doxycycline

Question 12

BV

Answer 12

Metronidazole

Question 13

Pneumocystis jiroveci

Answer 13

Co - trimoxazole

Question 14

Lyme disease

Answer 14

Early disease: doxycycline or amoxicillin it contraindicated (eg pregnancy)

Disseminated disease: ceftriaxone

Question 15

Atypical pneumonia’s

Answer 15

Clarithromycin

Question 16

Mastitis during breast feeding

Answer 16

Flucloxacillin

Question 17

Throat infections

Answer 17

Phenoxymethylpenicillin

If penicillin allergic: erythromycin

Question 18

Sinusitis

Answer 18

Amoxicillin or doxycycline or erythromycin

Question 19

Otitis externa

Answer 19

Flucloxacillin

Question 20

Gingivitis (acute ulcerating necrotizing)

Answer 20

Metronidazole

Question 21

Salmonella

Answer 21

Ciprofloxacin