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| What helps to determine if a drug is give IV or PO? |
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| What determines how often you give for a dose of a drug? |
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| If you are giving a drug every 8 hours, at how many hours would you still want it above the MIC? |
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| What is the drug class of choice for surgery prophlyaxis? |
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| What drugs classically increase GI motility? |
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| What drug will not cross the BBB and therefore would not be a good drug for meningitis? |
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| What should you tell your patient to avoid when you are prescribing them Flagyl? |
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| What is the only FDA drug approved for single dose treatment of chlamydia urethritis and cervicitis? |
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| Which organism usually comes from animal bites? |
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| What is the drug of choice for dog bites? |
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| What is the drug of choice for dog bites for pts with a PCN allergy? |
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| What drug class would you want to avoid in the elderly due to confusion risk? |
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| What drug class may cause similar symptoms to Myesthenia Gravis? |
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| nephrotoxicity & ototoxicity |
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| What toxicities do aminoglycosides cause? |
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| What drugs can cause allergic reactions such as Steven Johnson Syndrome? |
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| What test is used to confirm group B streptococci? |
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| What is the most common cause of native valve endocarditis? |
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| What organism is involved with purulent abcesses in the abdominal cavity? |
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| If you have a positive blood culture for strep bovis, what other disease should you look for? |
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| What is usually considered a contaminated specimen unless it comes from the eye? |
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| What is the common pathogen causing otitis media and sinusitis? |
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| What organism is the Quelling test looking for? |
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| What is important in patients who need long term use of antibiotics to increase the chance of killing the organism and decrease the chance of resistance? |
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| Which class of drugs may cause seizures? |
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| What is the organism for syphilis? |
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| What class of drugs is Calvulanic acid? |
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| What should you use in combination with Clavulanic acid to broaden the coverage? |
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| streptococcal and staphylococcal organisms |
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| What organisms produce beta-lactamase inhibitors? |
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| If an organism produces beta-lactamases, what will it be resistant to? |
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| A blood culture that is positive for what is most likely not significant and is just a skin contaminant? |
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| To determine between a strep infection and an enterococci infection check to see if it grows in what? |
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Will grow - enterococci
will not - streptococci |
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| What organism will grow in NaCl? which one will not? |
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| What organism may cause meningitis in neonates, the elderly and in pregnant females? |
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| What specific penicillin is the first line drug for an animal bite with an early infection? |
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| What is the first line penicillin for an animal bite that is an established infection? |
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| What drug would you give for a pt who is allergic to penicillins and has an early animal bite? |
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| clindamycin + ciprofloxacin, or cefoxitin |
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| What drug would you give for a pt who has an established infection from an animal bite but is allergic to penicllins? |
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| What drug would you give for someone with bacillary angiomatosis? |
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| What is the first line drug for Herpes simplex virus? |
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| You have a pt who is diagnosed with Herpes zoster at age 65, what drug would you put them on? |
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| What is t?he first line drug for cellulitis |
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| cefazolin, ampicillin, erythromycin, or clindamycin |
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| What is the second line drug of choice for cellulitis? |
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| What is the drug of choice for MRSA skin infections? |
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| What is the drug of choice for a pt with MRSA skin infection but is allergic to vancomycin? |
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| What is the first line drug for necrotizing fascitis (group A streptococcal)? |
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| ampicillin + clindamycin + ciprofloxacin |
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| What is the drug of choice for Necrotizing fascitis with mixed aerobes and anaerobes? |
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| Vancomycin + metronidazole + ciprofloxacin |
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| What drug would you use for a pt allergic to PCN who has necrotizing fascitis with mixed aerobes and anaerobes? |
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| clindamycin + Penicillin-G |
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| What is the first line treatment for a pt with gas gangrene? |
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| What drug combination would you use for a pt with gas gangrene with a PCN allergy? |
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| Clindamycin + cephalosporin |
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| What drugs would you give to a pt who is allergic to PCN and has group A streptococcal necrotizing fascitis? |
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