Abx and Clinical Applications Flashcards
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Uncomplicated skin and soft tissue infection
Penicillin
1st gen ceph
If allergic - vancomycin or clindamycin
Complicated skin and soft tissue infection
Ticarcillin + Clavulonate
MRSA tx
Vancomycin
Linezolid
Daptomycin
Osteomyelitis
Vancomyin
3rd or 4th gen Ceph
Surgeries with bone and joint infections
Ticarcillin + Clavulonate
Septic arthritis
3rd or 4th gen ceph
Prosthetic joint
Rifampin
URTI - acute sinusitis
Amoxicillin + Clavulonate = Augmentin
URTI - pharyngitis
Penicillin or amoxicillin
If allergic - 1st gen ceph
Community-acquired pneumonia, ambulatory
macrolide
Community-acquired pneumonia, hospitalization
beta-lactam + macrolide
Both community-acquired and hospital-acquired pneumonia, MRSA
Vancomycin
Linezolid
Hospital-acquired pneumonia, empiric
Ceftriaxone
UTI - uncomplicated cystitis
TMP-SMX
UTI - uncomplicated pyelonephritis
TMP-SMX
Fluoroquinolone
UTI - Complicated
Fluoroquinolone
TMP-SMX
Complicated prostatitis
FluoroquinoloneTMP-SMX
Intra-abdominal infections
ticarcillin + clavulonate
C. diff infection
Metronidazole
Vancomycin
Community-acquired bacterial meningitis
Ceftriaxone or cefotaxime + vancomycin
Neonatal meningitis
ampicillin + 3rd or 4th gen ceph +/- gentamicin
Sepsis
3rd or 4th gen Ceph
+ Vancomycin
Endocarditis
Ceftriaxone + Vancomycin
Fever and Neutropenia
Ciprofloxacin + Amoxicillin + Clavulonate