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54 Cards in this Set
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Chylamidia trachomatis coinfection w/ gonorrhea
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Ofloxacin (a flurooquinolone)
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genital and rectal chlamydial infections
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doxycycline
azithromycin (Alternative treatments include erythromycin, oflaxicin, and amoxicillin.) |
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Complicated chlamydial infections in men such as epididymitis or proctitis
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tetracycline
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pelvic inflammatory disease caused by Chylamida tracomatis
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cephalosporin + doxycycline
clinadmycin + aminoglycoside |
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infected infants with Chylamidia trachomatis
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erythromycin
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Chlamydia psittaci
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tetracycline
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Rickettsial infections (typhus, rocky mountain spotted fever)
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chloramphenicol and tetracycline
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Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)
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lincomycin + tetracycline
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Ehrlichia species (Ehrlichiosis)
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doxycycline
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Treponema pallidum (syphilis)
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penicillin (first choice)
tetracycline or doxycyline (2nd choice) azithromycin (3rd choice) |
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prefered regiment for Lyme disease:
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doxycycline, amoxicillin, cefuroxime, and ceftriaxone
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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INH-SPIRE
streptomycin, pyrazinamide, isoniazid, rifampin, ethambutol |
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Mycobacterium leprae (tubercloid leprosy)
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Dapsone + rifampin for 6 months
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Lepromatous leprosy (M. leprae)
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Dapsone + Rifampin + Clofazimine for at least 2 years
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Chlamydia psittaci
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Tetracycline
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Q fever.
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lincomycin + tetracycline
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Mycobacterium kansasii
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isoniazid
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dermatophytoses (cutaneous fungal infections)
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topical imidazoles
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Salmonella typhi (Typhoid)
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Ciprofloxacin (a fluoroquinolone)
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Candida albicans
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Amphotericine B
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Candida albicans
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Amphotericine B
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Blastomyces
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Amphotericine B
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Blastomyces
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Amphotericine B
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Histoplasma capsulatum
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Amphotericine B
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Histoplasma capsulatum
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Amphotericine B
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Cyptococcus neoformans
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Amphotericine B
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Cyptococcus neoformans
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Amphotericine B
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Aspergillus
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Amphotericine B
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Aspergillus
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Amphotericine B
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Sporothrix schenckii
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Amphotericine B
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mucor
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Amphotericine B
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- effective against dormant bacteria
- Used for serious infections; mixed gram -ve and +ve and anerobes |
carbapenems (e.g. imipenem)
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Rickettsial infections
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tetracycline
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treatment for Actinomyces and Nocardia
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(SNAP)
sulfonamide ( trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole) for Nocardia , Actinomyces use Penicillin |
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osteomyelitis caused by Staphylococcus aureus / Salmonella
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aminoglycosides
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penetrating abdominal wounds
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clindamycin
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Clostridium difficle
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metronidazole (first choice)
or vancomycin (oral) bacitracin (oral) |
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Nocardia (nocardiosis)
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sulfonamides (treatment of choice)
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Sporothrix schenckii
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itraconazole or
potassium iodide |
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Neisseria gonorrheae
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Ceftriaxone (or other third generation cephalosporin) (first choice)
*add doxycycline to cover incubating Chlamydia trachomatis and syphilis |
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Bacteroides fragilis
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metronidazole (first choice), clindamycin and second-generation cephalosporins (as cefoxitin), but not penicillins.
resist vancomycin and colistin |
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Listeia monocytogenes
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ampicillin
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test distinguishing B. fragilis from other anaerobes
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resistance of kanamycin
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Nocardia
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sulfonamide
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actinomyces israelii
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penicillin G
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Vibrio cholerae
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tetracycline
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H. pylori
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Treatment with a cocktail of antibiotics (as examples metronidazol and amoxicillin or tetracycline), frequently with bismuth
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Shigella
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Bacillary dysentery
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MRSA, VRE and multiresistant S. pneumoniae
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oxazolidinones - Zyvox (linezolid)
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Legionella
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erythromycin (macrolide)
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N. meningitidis
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Penicillin
For case contact prophylaxis use rifampin or ciprofloxicin. |
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H. influenzae
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3rd generation cephalosporins
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N. gonorrhoeae
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cephalosporins or fluoroquinolones (ciprofloxacin)
(Doxycycline for co-infection with Chlamydia trachomatis) |
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To prevent ophthalmia neonatorum from N. gonorrhoeae
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Silver nitrate drops or tetracyclin or erythromycin ointment at birth
(Argyrol-Alfred Barnes’ silver nitrate solution) |
