CAP
This antibiotic is paired with ceftriaxone to treat community-acquired pneumonia in hospitalized patients (Multiple correct answers)
What is doxycycline, azithromycin, clarithromycin, levofloxacin, or moxifloxacin?
This is the standard antibiotic regimen for an adult patient less than 50 years old) with community-onset meningitis
What is ceftriaxone plus vancomycin?
This adverse effect relating to blood clotting is related to linezolid
What is thrombocytopenia?
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
What are Gram negative bacilli?
This first-line treatment for urinary tract infections may be given as a single dose
What is fosfomycin?
These two fluoroquinolones may be used as monotherapy for CAP
What are levofloxacin and moxifloxacin?
This virus may be treated with acyclovir and is a common cause of meningitis and encephalitis
What is Herpes simplex virus (HSV)?
This class of antibiotics is often associated with ototoxicity
What are aminoglycosides?
Staphylococcus aureus
What are Gram positive cocci?
This antiviral drug is the treatment of choice for cytomegalovirus
What is ganciclovir?
This antibiotic regimen may be used in non-severe CAP patients with no comorbidities being treated in the outpatient setting, but only if community resistance is known to be less than 25%
What is azithromycin?
This is an appropriate cephalosporin to give in neonatal meningitis along with ampicillin
What is cefotaxime?
This antibiotic used for the treatment of UTI has an adverse effect of brown-colored urine
What is nitrofurantoin
Klebsiella pneumoniae
What are Gram negative bacilli?
Absolutely not (Be creative with your questions)!
Does ertapenem have activity against Pseudomonas? Should you treat Candida in the sputum of an immunocompetent patient? Should ceftriaxone be used to treat ESBLs, etc?
These two organisms should be covered in patients with severe CAP if they have been hospitalized in the previous 90 days AND received IV antibiotics
What are Pseudomonas and MRSA?
This antibiotic regimen should be used in patients with meningitis caused by penetrating skull fracture
What is cefepime plus vancomycin or meropenem plus vancomycin?
This antifungal may cause yellow-green visual disturbances
What is voriconazole?
Listeria monocytogenes
This oral penicillin can be used to treat Lyme disease
What is amoxicillin?
This bacteria, a coccobacillus, is a common pathogen in CAP
What is Haemophilus influenzae?
This organism should be treated with ampicillin and is added to empiric regimens of meningitis in elderly patients
What is ampicillin?
This antibiotic class has many adverse effects including tendon rupture and QT prolongation
What are fluoroquinolones?
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
What is atypical?
This is the treatment of choice for vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) endocarditis (two possible answers)
What is daptomycin or linezolid?