Name Drug, Give Bacteria it treats

Question 1

Sulfonamides

Answer 1

Bacteriostatic

Gram + and Gram -

Question 2

Sulfamethoxazole (+trimethoprim)

Answer 2

Bactericidal

P. carinii & toxoplasma gondii

Question 3

Quinolones

Answer 3

Bactericidal
Gram + and Gram - bacteria
Atypica pneumonia organisms
Mycobacteria

Question 4

Ciprofloxacin

Answer 4

Excellent Gram -

Moderate Gram +

Question 5

Levofloxacin and Moxifloxacin

Answer 5

Excellent Gram -

Improved Gram +

Question 6

Trovafloxacin

Answer 6

Continued Gram - and + coverage
Enhanced anaerobic (B. Fragilis)

Question 7

Metrondiazole

Answer 7

Bactericidal
Anaerobic and protozoan
C. Diff H. Pylori

Question 8

Nitrofuratoin

Answer 8

Bacteriostatic low concentratin
Bactericidal high concentrations
Gram - and Gram +

Question 9

Polymyxin B

Answer 9

Bactericidal

Gram - bacteria (Pseudomonas aeruginosa)

Question 10

Daptomycin

Answer 10

Bactericidal

Multi-drug resistant gram + bacteria

Question 11

Aminoglycoside

Answer 11

Gram - bacteria

interfere w/ protein synth and cell wall

Question 12

Tetracyclines

Answer 12

Bacteriostatic
Gram +, Gram -, aerobic, anaerobes
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
chlamydia

Question 13

Tigecycline

Answer 13

3rd Gen TCN
Bacteriostatic
MRSA

Question 14

Chloramphenicol

Answer 14

Gram + and Gram -
Bacteriostatic or -icidal dependign on species
Typhoid, RMSF, meningitis in pts allergic to PCN B

Question 15

Erythromycin

Answer 15

bacteriostatic (at high conc - icidal)
Gram + and spirochetes
Poor anaerobic coverage

Question 16

Clarithromycin

Answer 16

Bacteriostatic (at high conc - icidal)
Gram + and anaerobic bacteria
H. influenzae
atypical mycobacteria

Question 17

Azithromycin

Answer 17

Bacteriostatic (at high conc - icidal)
Gram + and anerobic
> mycobacterial and H. influenze
< staph and strep coverage

Question 18

Telithromycin

Answer 18

Bacteriostatic (at high conc - icidal)
Ketolide
CAP
black box warning

Question 19

Clindamycin

Answer 19

Lincosamides 
Gram positive (strep, staph, pneumococci)
anaerboes (gram + and -)
Aspiration pneumonia
doesn't treat C. diff

Question 20

Quinupristin- Dalfopristin

Answer 20

Bacteriostatic
VRE (vanco-resistant E. faecium)
MSSA (complicated skin/ suture
infections)

Question 21

Linezolid

Answer 21

Type of Oxazolidinoes 
Bacteriostatic: staph, enetrococci
Bacteriocidial- Strepto 
VRE 
MRSA 
S. pneumoniae
Gram + CAP

Question 22

Mupirocin

Answer 22

Gram + cocci

Question 23

Penicillin G or V

Answer 23

Gram + cocci (not STAPH) and Listeria
Anerobes- Bacteriodes, fusebacterium
Gram - (E. Coli, H. flu, N. gonorrhoeae, T. pallidium, selective pseudomonas)

Question 24

Aminopenicillcins

Answer 24

Pen G pluse improved Gram - (enterobactericae)
Not active against treponema or actinomyces
combined w/ beta lactamase inhibitors for H. flu and Klebisella

Question 25

Penicillinase-Resistant Penicillins

Answer 25

Staph infections with high beta-lactamase production | only Gram +

Question 26

Antipseudomonal Penicillins

Answer 26

Pen G pluse great Gram - (including pseudomonas) H. flu, Klebisella Combine w/ aminoglycoside for better Gram - Paired with beta-lactamase inhibitors

Question 27

Beta Lactamse inhibitors increase the coverage of...

Answer 27

H. flu Staph Moraxella catarrhalis Variable against gram - bact.

Question 28

1st Gen Ceaphlosporins

Answer 28

Aerobic Gram +, above diaphragm anaerobes | community acquired Gram -

Question 29

Cefuroxime (2nd gen)

Answer 29

1st Gen plus added gram - (Moraxella, Neisseria, Salmonella, Shigella, H. flu)

Question 30

Cefotetan

Answer 30

Added anaerobic coverage (B. Fragilis) | Abdominal and gyn infections

Question 31

3rd Gen Ceaphlos

Answer 31

Gram - coverage, penetrate BBB Penicillin resistant pneumococcus Meningitis, pneumonia, N. gonorrhea

Question 32

4th generation cephalo (cefepime)

Answer 32

Gram positive, gram negative, anaerobic | better gram + than 2nd or 3rd gen

Question 33

Ceftobiprole medocaril (5th gen cephalo)

Answer 33

Complicated skin and suture infections | Good against Gram +

Question 34

Carbapenems

Answer 34

Most broad spectrum of beta-lactam | Gram + and Gram -

Question 35

Ertapenem and Imipenem-cilastin

Answer 35

Resistance gram - (P. aerguinosa) MRSA, enterococcus Bacteroides