Abx Flashcards
(57 cards)
Strep skin infections
Low risk MRSA
Cephalexin (reflex)
Dicloxacillin
High risk MRSA
Clinda
doxy/mino
Bactrim
Vanco (first-line)
Staphylococcal osteomyelitis
Vanco+3/4gen ceph
MSSA
Nafcillin, oxacillin, cefazolin
MRSA
vanco
TSS
Vanco+clinda+(one of below)
pip/taz
cefepime
carbapenem(imipenem, meropenem)
Scaled skin syndrome
MSSA
Nafcillin, oxacillin
MRSA
vanco
Coagulase negative staph infections
vanco
Pharyngitis
Benzathine PCN G
PCN VK
Amoxicillin
Keflex(if allergic to PCN)
Azith
Clinda
Impetigo
Bactroban
Cephalexin(keflex)
Dicloxacillin
Cefdinir/Omnicef
MRSA
Bactrim
Doxycycline
Clinda
Erysipelas
Outpatient
PCN VK
Amoxicillin
Dicloxacillin
Cephalexin(keflex)
Clinda/erthryo
Inpatient
Vanco(S aureus)
Cefazolin(ancef)
Ceftriaxone
Clinda
Cellulitis
Empiric treatment
Of GABHS and S aureus
Strep Agalactiae
PCN G
Ampicillin
Cefazolin(ancef)
Clinda
Vanco
Strep pneumoniae OM
Amox (main)
Cefdinir, cefuroxime
Augmentin
Doxy
Macrolide (if PCN allergy)
Acute sinusitis
Augmentin
Doxy/levo
Meningitis
Ceftriazone
Vanco
(plus ampicillin if high risk of listeria)
Enterococcus
Endocarditis
Ampicillin+gentamicin
Skin/wound/UTI
Ampicillin or vanco
VRE
Linezolid
Daptomycin
Anthrax
Cipro
Doxycycline
Listeria
Ampicillin+gentamicin
Amoxicillin(outpatient)
Corynebacterium Diphtheriae
PCN or erythromycin
Erythromycin(contacts)
Neisseria Meningitidis
PCN G
Ceftriaxone
Neisseria Gonorrhea
Ceftriaxone
Pseudomonas
Outpt(oral)
Cipro, levo
Inpt(IV)
pip/taz, ceftazidime, cefepime, meropenem, aztreonam
Outpt(inhale)
tobramycin
Pseudomonas
Outpt(oral)
Cipro, levo
Inpt(IV)
pip/taz, ceftazidime, cefepime, meropenem, aztreonam
Outpt(inhale)
tobramycin
Whooping cough
Pertussis
Azithromycin
H flu
Levo 1st choice (make sure its respiratory fluoroquinolone)
Cipro is not
Legionnaires disease
Macrolide(azith, clarith)
Fluoroquinolone