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Microbiology Treatments - Microbiology Treatments Flashcards

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Tx for Staph aureus

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Methicillin

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Tx for Clostridium difficile

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Metronidazole

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Tx for Nocardia

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Sulfonamides

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Tx for Actinomyces isrealli

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Penicillin

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Tx for H. influenza meningitis

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Ceftriaxone

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Tx for Legionella pneumophila

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Erythromycin

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Tx for Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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Aminoglycoside plus extended-spectrum penicillin (piperacillin, ticarcillin)

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Tx for H. pylori

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Triple therapy- (1)Bismuth, metronidazole & either tetracycline or amoxicillin;
(2)Metronidazole, omeprazole, clarithromycin

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Tx for Gardnerella vaginalis

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Metronidazole

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Tx for Leprosy

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Long-term oral dapsone

Alternate tx’s include rifampin & combo of clofazimine & dapsone

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Tx for Rickettsiae

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Tetracycline

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Tx for Mycoplasma pneumoniae

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Tetracycline or erythromycin

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Tx for Chlamydiae

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Erythromycin or tetracycline

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Tx for Borrelia burgdorferi

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Tetracycline

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Tx for Treponema pallidum

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Penicillin G

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Tx for Candida albicans

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Nystatin for superficial infection, amphotericin B for serious systemic infection

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Tx for Coccidioidomycosis

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Local infection: fluconazole or ketoconazole

Systemic infection: amphotericin B

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Tx for Histoplasmosis

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Local infection: fluconazole or ketoconazole

Systemic infection: amphotericin B

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Tx for Paracoccidioidomycosis

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Local infection: fluconazole or ketoconazole

Systemic infection: amphotericin B

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Tx for Blastomycosis

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Local infection: fluconazole or ketoconazole

Systemic infection: amphotericin B

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Tx for Pneumocystis carinii

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TMP-SMX

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Tx for Sporothrix schenckii

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Itraconazole or Potassium iodidie

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Tx for E. histolytica

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Metronidazole & iodoquinol

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Tx for Giardia

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Metronidazole

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Tx for Babesia
Quinine, clindamycin
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Tx for Toxoplasma
Sulfadiazine & Pyrimethamine
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Tx for Plasmodium
Chloroquine, sulfadoxine & pyrimethamine, mefloquine, quinine
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Tx for Trichomonas vaginalis
Metronidazole
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Tx for Trypanosoma cruzi
Nifurtimox
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Tx for Leishmania donovani
Sodium stibogluconate
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Tx for Corynebacterium diphtheriae
Erythromycin & antitoxin
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Tx for Fusobacterium nucleatum
Penicillin G
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Tx for Strep pneumoniae
Penicillin
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Tx for Bordetella pertussis
Erythromycin
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Tx for Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Isoniazid, rifampin, pyrazinimide, ethambutoll
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Tx for Salmonella
Chloramphenicol(for enteric fever); can also use ampicillin
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Tx for Shigella
Only tx s. dysenteriae
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Tx for E. coli
Ciprofloxacin & penicillin
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Tx for Vibrio cholerae
Fluid replacement plus tetracycline to keep from spread of organism
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Tx for Bacteroides fragilis
Metronidazole
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Tx for Proteus mirabilis
Ampicillin, cephalosporin
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Tx for Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Ceftriaxone & tetracycline | Silver nitrate to prevent infant eye infection
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Tx for Strep agalactiae
Penicillin G
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Tx for Neisseria meningitidis
High dose IV Penicillin | Prevention w/ rifampin or ciprofloxacin
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Tx for Clostridium tetani
Penicillin & antitoxin
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Tx for Strep viridans
Penicillin w/ addition of aminoglycoside if resistant
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Tx for Clostridium perfringens
Penicillin & antitoxin
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Tx for Listeria monocytogenes
Ampicillin
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Tx for Yersinia pestis
Streptomycin
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Tx for Ehrlichia
Doxycycline
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Tx for Coxiella burnetii
Doxycycline
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Tx for Francisella tularensis
Streptomycin
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Tx for Brucella
Tetracycline & streptomycin
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Tx for Bacillus anthracis
IV Penicillin

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