Types
Action
Side Effects
Nursing Interventions
Patient Teaching
100

A mnemonic for remembering the main macrolides

What is FACE?

100

This term describes inhibiting the growth and reproduction of bacteria

What is bacteriostatic?

100

The most common side effect of macrolides

What is GI upset?

100

This is how the nurse assesses the effectiveness of macrolide treatment

What is monitoring the signs and symptoms of infection?

100

This should be taken with macrolides to prevent GI upset

What is food?

200

Four types of macrolides

What are azithromycin, clarithromycin, erythromycin, and fidaxomicin?

200

Macrolides are this type of antibiotic, treating both gram positive and gram negative infections

What is broad spectrum?

200

A mnemonic for remembering the side effects of macrolides

What is CLOG?

200

Routes of administration for macrolides

What are PO, IV, and ophthalmic?

200

Patients should be taught to complete their full course of antibiotics to prevent this phenomenon

What is antibiotic resistance?

300

The first macrolide to be discovered

What is erythromycin?

300

Macrolides are the first-line of treatment for this highly contagious respiratory infection

What is pertussis (whooping cough)?

300

A rare, severe side effect that starts with flu-like symptoms and causes painful rashes that spread and blister

What is Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS)?

300

The nurse should monitor for these signs of an anaphylactic allergic reaction

What are hives, itching, and difficulty breathing?

300

A beverage that patients should be taught to avoid while taking macrolides

What is grapefruit juice?

400

This type of macrolide is associated with more GI effects than others

What is erythromycin?

400

Macrolides are useful in treating this type of GI infection

What is H. pylori?

400

Macrolides can cause injury to this organ, resulting in jaundice and dark urine

What is the liver?

400

The nurse should assess for this infection if a patient is experiencing severe diarrhea while taking a macrolide

What is C. diff?

400

Patient should be taught to not take this type of medication until C. diff has been ruled out

What are antidiarrheals?

500

The type of macrolide with the lowest tendency to cause prolonged QT interval

What is azithromycin?

500

The ribosomal subunit that macrolides bind to, inhibiting bacterial protein synthesis

What is 50S?

500

A medication side effect that causes damage to the inner ear that is usually reversible

What is ototoxicity?

500

The nurse should monitor for this EKG change in patients taking macrolides

What is prolonged QT interval?

500

Patient should be taught to report these signs of ototoxicity

What are hearing loss, vertigo, and tinnitus?