Antibiotics

Question 1

Enteric bacteria

Answer 1

Use antimicrobial sensitivity assay

Question 2

Tetanus, botulism

Answer 2

Infection usual transient, antitoxin treatment more important

Question 3

Gas gangrene

Answer 3

Surgical care and protein synthesis inhibiting antibiotics

Question 4

Rickettsiae, Chlamydia

Answer 4

Intracellular: Doxycycline

Question 5

Vibrio cholera

Answer 5

Antibiotics aren’t crucial, rehydration is

Question 6

Heliobacter pylori

Answer 6

Choice of three 10-14 day tripe drug courses

Question 7

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Answer 7

Ceftriaxone

Question 8

Listeria

Answer 8

Ampicillin, long course

Question 9

Pseudomonas

Answer 9

Antimicrobial sensitivity assay, antipseudomonal penicillin

Question 10

Syphillis

Answer 10

Penicillin G

Question 11

Lyme disease

Answer 11

Doxycycline 10-30 days

Question 12

TB

Answer 12

Directly observed therapy with at least four drugs, usually includes isoniazid and rifampin; antimicrobial sensitivity assay

Question 13

Anerobes

Answer 13

Surgical care plus metronidazole

Question 14

Streptococci

Answer 14

Penicillin, Erythromycin

Question 15

Staphylococci

Answer 15

Penicillin, oxacillin, methicillin, vancomycin

Question 16

Fungal meningitis

Answer 16

Fluconazole

Question 17

Other systemic fungal infections

Answer 17

Amphotericin B