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1
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Which Abx is used to Tx endocarditis?

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Vancomycin

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Which Abx is used to Tx ENT infections?

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Penicillins

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What Abx are used to Tx skin infections?

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Penicillins
1st gen Cephalosporins
Sulfonamides
Tetracyclines

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What Abx are used to Tx UTIs?

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Penicillins
1st gen Cephalosporins
Sulfonamides
Fluoroquinolones

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Which Abx is used to Tx bacteremia?

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Aminoglycosides

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Which Abx is used to Tx abdominal infections?

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Aminoglycosides

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Which Abx are used to Tx lower respiratory tract infections?

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Fluoroquinolones
Metronidazole

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What Abx is used to Tx upper respiratory infections?

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Tetracyclines
(some fluoroquinolones now but they mainly Tx LRI)

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What Abx are used to Tx strep?

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1st gen Cephalosporins
Penicillins

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What Abx are used to Tx MRSA?

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4th & 5th gen Cephalosporins
Sulfonamides
Tetracyclines
Clindamycin
Vancomycin

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What Abx is used to Tx VRSA?

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5th gen Cephalosporins

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What Abx is used to Tx complicated UTIs?

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Carbapenems

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What Abx is used to Tx hospital-acquired or ventilator-associated pneumonia?

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Carbapenems

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What Abx is used to Tx certain forms of sepsis?

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Carbapenems

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What Abx is used to Tx anthrax?

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Fluoroquinolones

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What Abx is used to Tx typhoid fever?

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Fluoroquinolones

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What Abx is used to Tx Streptococcus Pneumoniae?

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What Abx are used to Tx Lymes Disease?

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Macrolides
Tetracyclines

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What Abx is used to Tx Legionella?

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What Abx is used to Tx Listeria?

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What Abx are used to Sinusitis?

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Macrolides
Tetracyclines

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What Abx are used to Tx STIs?

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Macrolides
Sulfonamides
Tetracyclines

23
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What Abx is used to Tx Traveler’s Diarrhea?

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A

Tetracyclines

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What Abx is used to Tx Acne?

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Tetracyclines

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What Abx is used to Tx Atypical Pneumonia?
Tetracyclines
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What Abx is used to Tx Staphylococcus infections?
Clindamycin
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What Abx is used to Tx Streptococcus infections?
Clindamycin
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What Abx are used to Tx Anaerobic bacteria?
Clindamycin Metronidazole
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What Abx is used when there is a Penicillin allergy?
Clindamycin
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What Abx is used to Tx Bacterial Vaginosis?
Clindamycin
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What Abx is used to Tx Amebiasis?
Metronidazole
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What Abx is used to Tx Protozoa?
Metronidazole
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What Abx is used to Tx H. pylori?
Metronidazole
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What Abx is used to Tx Trichomoniasis?
Metronidazole
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What Abx are used to Tx C. diff?
Metronidazole Vancomycin
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What Abx are used for very hard to Tx infections?
Carbapenems 4th & 5th gen Cephalosporins
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What Abx is used to Tx oral infections?
Penicillins

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