Drugs and Bugs
28% of this organism isolated at AFCH last year was resistant to oxacillin and cefazolin.
What is Staph aureus?
Use of antibiotics is the number one risk factor for this infection
Clostridiodes difficile
Length of time for watchful waiting before starting antibiotics in a child with fever >102.2 and purulent nasal discharge.
What is three days?
Tobramycin and Cefepime
What is double coverage for gram negative organisms (Pseudomonas, ESBL)?
This antibiotic was discovered when Sir Fleming went on vacation and left an open plate of Staph aureus on the bench.
What is Penicillin
The combination of vancomycin with piperacillin-tazobactam puts one at increased risk for this adverse effect.
What is acute kidney injury?
Treatment for community acquired pneumonia in a fully immunized 3 year old who does not need hospitalization.
What is "no antibiotics."
Viral pneumonia is most likely in the preschool age child.
Meropenem and metronidazole
What is double anaerobic coverage?
(This is usually not needed)
There are 35,900 deaths in the US annually due to ___-________ organisms.
What are drug resistant organisms?
These gram positive organisms are intrinsically resistant to cephalosporins.
What is Enterococcus?
Usual species are E. faecium and E. faecalis.
This viral non itchy red rash that is often blamed on a drug allergy in a toddler prescribed antibiotics after a fever.
What is Roseola?
The rash usually occurs upon defervesence after three to five days of fever.
Two or three antibiotics are best for this class of organisms.
What are mycobacteria (tuberculosis, MAC, atypical mycobacteria?
Pager 0775
What is the pager for approval of restricted antimicrobial agents in Pediatrics?
Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxasole will not cover this gram positive organism for non purulent cellulitis.
What is Group A Streptococcus
Culturally appropriate term for the itchy red rash caused by rapid infusion of vancomycin.
Histamine infusion reaction
This oral cephalosporin does not adequately treat pyelonephritis.
What is cefdinir?
Cefpodoxime and cefixime are third generation cephalosporins that are more effective.
Vancomcycin and Nafcillin may be used for empiric treatment of serious infections (endocarditis, sepsis) caused by this organism.
Staphylococcus aureus
This table describes the sensitivity pattern of all of the isolates at UWHealth.
What is an antibiogram?
This can be found on UConnect.
Five commonly used antibiotics to treat Pseudomonas.
What are:
Piperacillin-tazobactam, cefepime, ceftazidime, meropenem, levofloxacin, ciprofloxacin, tobramycin, gentamicin, amikacin, tobtramycin, ceftolozane-tazobactam, ceftazidime-avibactam?
Over 70,000 ED visits (2011-2107) for children were related to adverse antibiotic reactions. These were the two most common reasons.
What are drug allergy and ingestion.
Vancomycin is added to ceftriaxone to treat meningitis caused by this organism.
Penicillin and ceftriaxone nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae.
National organization website for tools to promote antibiotic awareness among prescribers, nurses, staff, patients and families during Antibiotic Awareness Week and beyond.
https://www.cdc.gov/antibiotic-use/week/index.html
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