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Beta-Lactams
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* Penicillin
* Strep Pharyngitis (including scarlet fever)Streptococcal Toxic Shock and Necrotizing Fascitis
 
 
* Penicillin plus clindamycin (to decrease toxin synthesis)
* Meningococcus Meningitis
* Syphilis (Primary, 2ndary, and latent syphilis < 1 year duration)
* Actinomycosis
* Anthrax
* Clostridial infections
* Listeria
* Pasteurella
* Penicilinase-Resistant Penicillins
* Nafcillin, oxacillin, dicloxacillin
* Agents of 1st choice for treatment of S. aureus and S. epidermidis that are not methicillin-reistant
* Expanded-Spectrum Penicillins
* Ampicillin, amoxicillin (+ clavulanate)
* Upper Respiratory Infections (due to S. pyogenes, S. pneumoniae, H. influenzae)
* Sinusitis
* Otitis media
* Acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis
* Listeria
* Antipseudomonal Penicillins
* Piperacillin
* Infection following burns
* Neutropenia
* 1st Gen Cephalosporins
* Cefazolin, cephalexin
* Skin and soft tissue infections (why is agent of choice before gen sx)
* Cross-reactivity of PCN allergy 7% to 18% 
* 2nd Gen Cephalosporins
* Cefuroxime
* Intestinal anaerobes (why is agent of chioce for colorectal sx)
* Largely displaced by 3rd gen agents
* 3rd Gen Cephalosporins
* Ceftriaxone, Ceftazidime, Cefixime
* Drug of choice for serious infections due to:
* Klebsiella
* Enterobacter
* Proteus
* Haemophilus
* Gonorrhea
* Lyme disease
* Meningitis (+ vanc and ampicillin)
* Pseudomonas meningitis (+ AG)
* 4th Gen Cephalosporins
* Cefepime
* Resistant, nosocomial infections
* Carbapenems
* Imipenem (+ cilastatin), meropenem
* Cephalosporin-resistant nosocomial bacteria
* Empirical treatment of serious infections in patients who recently received other b-lactams
* Aztreonam
* Antimicrobial activity more closely resembles AGs (only active against gram -)
* Enterobacter, pseudomonas, H. influenzae, gonococci
* Little allergic cross-reactivity with B-lactam antibiotics
 
Aminoglycosides
 
* Gentamicin, amikacin, streptomycin (either alone or with B-lactam)
* Serious gram-negative bacillary infections
* Ill patient with pyelonephritis
* Meningitis (due to Pseudomonas, Acinetobacter)
* Peritoneal Dialysis–Associated Peritonitis
* Bacterial endocarditis?
* Caution: Use in patients with Myasthenia Gravis, can precipitate crisis 
 
 
 
Sulfonamides
 
* Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole
* 1st line for uncomplicated lower UTI (especially chronic and recurrent infections)
* PCP pneumonia
* Acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis
* Maxillary sinusitis
 
Fluoroquinolones
 
* UTI (2nd line)
* Prostatitis
* Chlamydia
* PID
* Traveler's diarrhea
 
Tetracyclines
 
* Mycoplasma
* Chlamydia
* PID (combined with cephalosporin)
* Epididymitis
* Anthrax
 
Macrolides
 
* Erythromycin, Clarithromycin, Azithromycin
* Community-acquired PNA
* Mycoplasma
* Legionnaires' Disease
* Chlamydia (single dose)
* H. Pylori
* Traveler's diarrhea (children and pregnant women)  
 
Clindamycin
 
* Drug of choice for lung abscess and anaerobic lung and pleural space infections
* Toxin-mediated disease, i.e. toxic shock syndrome (TSS)
 
Source: Goodman & Gilman's Pharmacology
 
 
 
 
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