Bugs and Drugs Flashcards
(23 cards)
Aminoglycosides (Streptomycin)
- Tularemia
- Yersinia/Plague
Beta-lactams (Penicillin)
- Syphilis
- Strep, Scarlet Fever
- Erysipelas
- Gas gangrene (IV)
1st Generation Cephalosporins (Cephalexin)
- UTI/cystitis
- Impetigo
3rd Generation Cephalosporins (Ceftriaxone)
- Klebsiella pneumonia
- Gonorrhea/Gonococcal septic arthritis (+ azithromycin)
Amoxicillin
-Strep Pneumoniae
Augmentin (Amoxicillin + Clavulonic Acid)
-Cellulitis from cat bite
Vancomycin
- Bacterial endocarditis (+ ceftriaxone)
- MRSA (hospital acquired)
- Purulent/bacterial meningitis (+ ceftriaxone + dexamethasone)
Tetracyclines (any)
-Psittaccosis
Tetracycline (Doxycycline)
- Rocky Mtn Spotted Fever
- Lyme Disease
- Typhus
- Granuloma inguinale
Quinolones (Ciprofloxacin)
- Cutaneous anthrax
- Inhalational antrax (+ doxy)
- Shigella
- Pyelonephritis
- Osteomyelitis
Macrolides (Azithromycin)
- Legionella pneumonia
- Mycoplasmal pneumonia
- Chancroid
- Lymphogranuloma venerum
- Chlamydia
- Typhoid/salmonella (lots of options)
- Campylobacter
Macrolides (Erythromycin)
- Pertussis
- Diphtheria
- If pregnant and can’t take doxy, a good second option
Sulfonamides (SMP-TMP)
-PCP
Clindamycin
- MSSA
- C.Diff
- MRSA (community acquired)
Metronidazole
- Giardia
- Amebiasis
Acyclovir
- Herpes Zoster (+gabapentin)
- HSV1&2
- Viral encephalitis (IV)
Chloroquine/Quinine
-Malaria
Albendazole
- Ascariasis
- Enterobiasis
- Trichinosis
- Cysticercosis (+ steroids)
- Cutaneous larva migrans
- Hookworms
Praziquantel
- Tapeworms
- Schistosomiasis
Permethrin
-Scabies
Itraconazole
- Blastomycosis
- Histoplasmosis
Amphotericin B
- Mucormycosis
- Candidiasis (severe)
- Cryptococcal meningitis
Immunoglobulin Tx
- Rabies
- Tetanus