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What are the beta lactamase inhibitors?
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clavulanic acid and sulbactams. These are added to supplement the antibiotics.
Clavulanic acid + amoxicillin (oral) Sulbactams + ampicilin (IV) |
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The extended spectrum penicillins include _, they cover _
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Piperacillin, ticarcillin.
Greater gram (-) |
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You are treating a patient in the ICU who has been diagnosed with gram negative sepsis. Your attending tells you to start broad spectrum therapy which covers Pseudomonas, and he suggests that you use a carbapenem. Which one of the following drugs is both a commercially available carbapenem which would be inappropriate for the treatment of this patient?
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Ertapenem
doesn't cover enterococcus or a few of the greater gram (-) |
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oral antistaphylococcal penicllin
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dicloxacillin
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Amoxicillin is an antibiotic used to treat _, it covers aerobics/anerobics/both
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Typically treats otitis media.
AEROBICS does NOT have any anaerobic activity! |
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MOA of penicillins?
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Bind to Penicillin binding protein and prevents cross linking of peptidoglycan and the cell subsequently dies. They are particularly effective toward gram positive.
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you are seeing another patient who was being treated for a complicated cellulitis. The patient is currently receiving IV Unasyn® (ampicillin-sulbactam) and you want to change them over to the equivalent oral antibiotic. You select:
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b. Amoxicillin-Clavulanic acid (Augmentin®)
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40) You are treating a patient with otitis media who is infected with a beta-lactamase producing strain of H. influenzae. Knowing this, which of the following medications would be most effective in treating this condition?
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d. Amoxicillin-clavulanate (Augmentin®)
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