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Prophylactic therapy |
treats patients who are not yet infected |
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Pre-emptive therapy |
early, targeted therapy in high-risk patients who are infected but asymptomatic |
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Empirical therapy |
patient is symptomatic, but consideration if use of antimicrobial is indicated |
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Definitive therapy with known pathogen |
isolated pathogen allows streamlining therapy to specifically target |
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Post treatment suppressive therapy |
continued therapy if infection is not completely eradicated or what led to infection is still present. However, initial disease is controlled |
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Inhibition of cell wall synthesis |
penicillins, cephalosporins, bacitracin, vancomycin |
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Inhibition of protein synthesis |
erythromycin, tetracyclines, streptomycin |
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Inhibition of nucleic acid replication and transcription |
Quinolones, rifampin |
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Injury to plasma membrane |
Polymyxin B |
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Inhibition of synthesis of essential metabolites |
sulfanilamide, trimethoprim |
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Gram positive |
staphylococci, streptococci, enterococci, listeria, CDIFF |
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Gram negative |
E-coli, klebsiella, pseudomonas, salmonella, Hib, Cholera, syphillis, Gonorrhea, nisseria |
