Antibiotics — Flashcards

Flashcard 271: Should you ever treat active tuberculosis with a monotherapy? _____

Answer: NO!

Flashcard 272: What generation of cephalosporins have coverage against vancomycin-intermediate staph aureus (VISA)? _____

Answer: 5th gen. (ceftaroline)

Flashcard 273: What is the most common route of administration of Aminoglycosides? _____

Answer: IV

Flashcard 274: Monobactams treat meningitis and pneumonia caused by _____ only

Answer: aerobic gram negative rods

Flashcard 275: What drug may cause anti-factor 8 antibodies resulting in acquired hemophilia? _____

Answer: Penicillin

Extra: * due to increased clearance of factor 8

Flashcard 276: Cefepime is indicated as empiric therapy in _____

Answer: febrile neutropenia

Flashcard 277: What drug is commonly used to treat lung abscesses? _____

Answer: Clindamycin

Flashcard 278: TMP-SMX can be used to treat acute _____ in men

Answer: prostatitis

Flashcard 279: To be active, **Imipenem** must be administered with an inhibitor of _____, an inactivating enzyme located in the Kidney

Answer: Dehydropeptidase I

Flashcard 280: Daptomycin can be used to treat _____-resistant bacterial strains

Answer: vancomycin