side effects of antibiotics

Question 1

side effects of penicillins

Answer 1

hypersensitivity/skin reactions

Question 2

side effects of Flucloxacillin and co-amoxiclav

Answer 2

cholestatic jaundice

Question 3

side effects of clindamycin, cephalosporins and quinolones

Answer 3

C. difficile colitis

Question 4

side effects of macrolides

Answer 4

GI disturbances, hepatitis, Q-T interva

Question 5

side effects of quinolones

Answer 5

Q-T interval, convulsions, tendonitis

Question 6

side effects of Aminoglycosides/glycopeptides

Answer 6

nephrotoxicity/ototoxicity

Question 7

side effects of vancomycin

Answer 7

‘red man’ syndrome

Question 8

side effects of tetracyclines

Answer 8

hepatotoxicity, staining teeth, photosensitivity, dyspheagia

Question 9

side effects of nitrofuratoin

Answer 9

peripheral neuropathy, pulmonary fibrosis

Question 10

side effects of sulphamides (co-trimoxazole)

Answer 10

Stevens-Johnson syndrome, blood dyscrasias

Question 11

side effects of trimethoprim

Answer 11

blood dyscrasias

Question 12

side effects of chloramphenicol

Answer 12

aplastic anaemia, grey baby

Question 13

side effects of linezolid

Answer 13

blood dyscrasias, MAOI, optic neuropathy

Question 14

side effects of sodium fusidate

Answer 14

hepatotoxicity