Lessons 2 Flashcards
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Candida albicans
Topical azoles (vaginitis); nystatin, fluconazole, caspofungin (oral/esophageal); fluconazole, caspofungin, amphotericin B (systemic)
Cryptococcus neoformans
Induction with amphotericin B and flucytosine, maintenance with fluconazole (in AIDS patients
Sporothrix schenckii
Itraconazole, oral potassium iodide
Pneumocystis jirovecii
TMP-SMX (prophylaxis and treatment in immunosuppressed patients, CD4 < 200/mm3)
Toxoplasma gondii
Sulfadiazine + pyrimethamine
Malaria
Chloroquine, mefloquine, atovaquone/proguanil (for blood schizont), primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Trichomonas vaginalis
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Streptococcus pyogenes
Penicillin prophylaxis
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection, pneumonia), vancomycin (meningitis)
Staphylococcus aureus
MSSA: nafcillin, oxacillin, dicloxacillin (antistaphylococcal penicillins); MRSA: vancomycin, daptomycin, linezolid, ceftaroline
Enterococci
Vancomycin, aminopenicillins/cephalosporins
Rickettsia rickettsii
Doxycycline, chloramphenicol
Clostridium difficile
Oral metronidazole; if refractory, oral vancomycin
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
RIPE (rifampin, isoniazid, pyrazinamide, ethambutol)
UTI prophylaxis
TMP-SMX
Influenza
Oseltamivir, zanamivir
CMV
Ganciclovir, foscarnet, cidofovir
Patent ductus arteriosus
Close with indomethacin; keep open with PGE analogs
Stable angina
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Buerger disease
Smoking cessation
Kawasaki disease
IVIG, aspirin
Temporal arteritis
High-dose steroids
Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener)
Cyclophosphamide, corticosteroids
Hypercholesterolemia
Statin (first-line)