Infectious Disease

Question 1

What classification system can be used to manage patients with cellulitis?

Answer 1

The Eron classification system

The Eron classification system helps in determining the severity and appropriate treatment for cellulitis.

Question 2

What type of antibiotic is clindamycin?

Answer 2

Lincosamide antibiotic

Question 3

Against which type of bacteria does clindamycin have good activity?

Answer 3

Gram-positive cocci

Question 4

What is a notable strain of bacteria that clindamycin is effective against?

Answer 4

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

MRSA may cause non-responsiveness to flucloxacillin and penicillin V in cellulitis

Question 5

What additional property does clindamycin have besides being an antibiotic?

Answer 5

Anti-inflammatory properties

Question 6

Can clindamycin be taken orally?

Answer 6

Yes

Question 7

True or False: Clindamycin is only effective against gram-negative bacteria.

Answer 7

False

Question 8

List the gram-positive cocci

Answer 8

staphylococci + streptococci (including enterococci)

Question 9

List the gram-negative cocci

Answer 9

Neisseria meningitidis + Neisseria gonorrhoeae, also Moraxella catarrhalis

Question 10

List the Gram-positive rods (bacilli)

Answer 10

Actinomyces
Bacillus anthracis (anthrax)
Clostridium
Diphtheria: Corynebacterium diphtheriae
Listeria monocytogenes

mnemonic = ABCD L