All about MRSA

Drugs

100

Glycopeptide drug that covers MRSA

Vancomycin

200

Lipopeptide that covers MRSA

Daptomycin 

300

Cephalosporin that covers MRSA

Ceftaroline

400

Fluoroquinolone that covers MRSA

Delafloxacin 

500

Tetracycline that covers MRSA

Doxycycline 

Oddities

100

This is a MRSA antibiotic starting with a C with no drug class

Clindamycin

200

This drug that starts with an L to treat MRSA has the same coverage as Vancomycin 

Linezolid 

300

This drug has a great coverage for MRSA, thus it is its main use

Trimethoprim/Sulfamethoxazole or bactrim 

400

This antibiotic is the higgest risk to cause C.difficile 

Clindamycin 

500

If you take this antibiotic to treat MRSA with warfarin you might just increase bleeding 

Trimethoprim/ Sulfamethoxazole or bactrim 

MOA

100

This protein synthesis inhibitor binds to the 30s subunit 

DOxycycline a tetracycline 

200

This MRSA treatment disrupts the cell membrane

Daptomycin a lipopeptide 

300

This MRSA antibiotic is a cell wall peptidoglycan inhibitor 

Vancomycin a glycopeptide drug class

400

Which MRSA antibiotic inhibits folic acid synthesis, thus killing it ?

Trim/Sulfa or bactrim 

500

These 2 MRSA antibiotics inhibit/bind to the 50s ribosomal unit 

Clindamycin & Linezolid