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| what can you treat with natural penicillins? |
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| Group A streptococcus, enterococcus, oral anaerobes, syphillis |
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| Nafcillin & Dicloxcillin treat what? |
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| Staph aureus (as seen in cellulitis) |
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| Meropenem and Imipenem belong to which group of beta-lactams? |
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| Carbapenems, and they are the BIG GUNS (broad coverage of bugs). Dont work against MRSA or Eterococcus faecium |
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| aztreonam is from what beta lactam family? |
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| monobactam. ONLY fights gram negatives! |
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| do you have cross-reactivity with other beta lactams when you use aztreonams? |
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| What does vancomycin treat? |
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| Clostridium dificile Colitis. interferes with cell wall synthesis. Kills most Gram + bugs (including MRSA) |
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| what drug causes "red man syndrome"? |
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| vancomycin (not a true allergy) |
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| why do we have folic acid synthesis inhibitors? |
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| folate is needed to make purines, which is needed for DNA |
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| what are two folic-acid-synthesis inhibitors? |
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| Sulfamethoxazole and Trimethoprim (UTIs and gram+) |
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| what is a side effect of those drugs? |
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| go to slide 73 of this lecture to get more questions |
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