DOCs

Question 1

serious gram + infections –> endocarditis, meningitis

Answer 1

3rd generation cephalosporins - ceftriaxone

Question 2

C. difficile

Answer 2

metrondiazole or vancomycin

Question 3

gonorrhea

Answer 3

ceftriaxone, cifixime, cefotaxime

Question 4

lymes disease, rocky mountain spotted fever

Answer 4

doxycycline (3rd generation cephalosporin or macrolide if allergic)

Question 5

plague

Answer 5

streptomycin

Question 6

surgical prophylaxis

Answer 6

cefazolin

Question 7

TB

Answer 7

rifampin

Question 8

influenza

Answer 8

amantadine (Symmetrel) (C) PO

rimantadine (Flumadine) (C) PO

Question 9

CMV retinitis

Answer 9

foscarnet

Question 10

hydatid disease and cysticerosis

Answer 10

albendazole

Question 11

pinworms, whipworms, roundworms, hookworms

Answer 11

Mebendazole

Question 12

strongyloidiasis and onchocerciasis

Answer 12

ivermectin; has Mazotti reaction

Question 13

hepatitis B

Answer 13

Lamivudine (Epivir)
Adefovir (Hepsera)
Entecavir (Baraclude)
Telbivudine: (Tyzeka)

Question 14

PREVENTION of LRTI by RSV in children

Answer 14

palivizumab

Question 15

dental prophylaxis

Answer 15

amoxicillin

Question 16

anthrax

Answer 16

fluroquinolones

Question 17

CA-MRSA

Answer 17

Sulfmethoxazole/Trimetheprim

Question 18

syphilis

Answer 18

Benzathine Pen G

Question 19

bite wounds

Answer 19

Penicillin + Beta lactamase inhibitor (amoxicillin/clavulante)

Question 20

acute otitis media

Answer 20

amoxicillin

Question 21

listeria

Answer 21

ampicillin

Question 22

mycoplasma pneumonia

Answer 22

macrolides

Question 23

chlamydia

Answer 23

macrolides

Question 24

osteomyelitis

Answer 24

beta lactamase resistant penicillins:

methicillin, oxacillin, nafcillin, dicloxacillin

Question 25

pseudomonas

Answer 25

piperacillin and ticarcillin

Question 26

MDR pseudomonas

Answer 26

aztreonam

Question 27

nosocomial infections, intra abdominal infections

Answer 27

carbapenems, clindamycin

Question 28

legionella, cystic fibrosis, sinusitis

Answer 28

fluroquinolones

Question 29

traveller's diarrhea

Answer 29

fluroquinolones

Question 30

PID

Answer 30

macrolides

Question 31

H. flu

Answer 31

amoxicillin

Question 32

giardia

Answer 32

metronidazole

Question 33

VRE faecalis and faecium

Answer 33

linezolid

Question 34

ABSSSI

Answer 34

dalvance

Question 35

cSSSI

Answer 35

telvancin

Question 36

typhoid fever

Answer 36

chloramphenicol

Question 37

IBS

Answer 37

sulfasalzine

Question 38

burns

Answer 38

sulfadiazine

Question 39

trichomonas

Answer 39

metronidazole

Question 40

What are the semi synthetic lipoglycopeptides?

Answer 40

Telavancin, dalvance, orbactiv