Antibiotics - Old is Gold
This was the first quinolone
What is Nalidixic Acid
This is the second most common cause of infectious mononucleosis
What is Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
This is thought to be the cut off AUC/MIC ratio for efficacy of vancomycin
What is 400
This bacteria is the most common cause of "doughnut granulomas" mainly in the liver and bone marrow
What is Coxiella burnetti
This newly approved quinolone has activity against MRSA and Pseudomonas
What is Delafloxacin
This drug, first administered to a patient in late 1944, is considered the first effective treatment for TB
What is Streptomycin
Acyclovir acts by inhibiting this viral enzyme
What is DNA Polymerase
This is the PK/PD parameter of efficacy for aminoglycosides
What is Peak/MIC
Bacteria of this genus can cause Carrion's disease and Trench Fever
What is Bartonella
This derivative of sisomicin, is the newest aminoglycoside approved for use in cUTI/pyelonephritis
What is Plazomicin (Zemdri)
This older agent is used in pneumocystis, leprosy and toxoplasmosis, and also in non-infectious conditions - cutaneous lupus and ITP
What is Dapsone
This antibacterial has activity against BK virus
What is levofloxacin
This commonly used beta-lactam can result in biliary sludge and pseudolithiasis
What is Ceftriaxone
This Gram positive rod, which can cause skin and soft tissue infections and rarely endocarditis, is resistant to vancomycin
What is Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
This tetracycline antibiotic was just approved for ABSSSI and CAP
What is Omadacycline (Nuzyra)
This was the drug of choice for syphilis before the introduction of penicillin
What is Arsphenamine (Salvarsan)
This combination of antimicrobials is the recommended first line therapy for neurocysticercosis
What is albendazole and praziquantel
This antibiotic has been most commonly associated with eosinophilic pneumonia
What is Daptomycin
This is the causative agent of Rat Bite Fever in the US
What is Streptobacillus moniliformis
This recently approved antibiotic is active against ESBLs, KPCs and CREs
What is Meropenem/vaborbactam (Vabomere)
This antibiotic was used to treat the pneumonia of Winston Churchill in 1943
What is Sulfanilamide (‘M & B’)
This is the treatment of choice for toxoplasmosis if pyrimthamine is unavailable
What is trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole
This beta-lactam antibiotic has been the most widely used agent for UTI in pregnancy in Northern Europe
What is Pivmecillinam
This Borrelia species can cause a Lyme Disease like illness, with positive Lyme serology, along with leukopenia, thrombocytopenia and abnormal LFTs
What is Borrelia miyamotoi
This carbapenem, in development, will be available in iv and oral formulations
What is Sulopenem