Island Med Student

Here is a short list of some things learned in my infectious diseases rotation today:

1) Penicillins are good for treating most gram positives except enterococcus and listeria (ampicillin is the drug of choice).

2) Penicillin is good for staph and strep (unless resistant).

3) For Clostridia Perfringens, penicillin works well.

4) For anaerobes, use a penicilllin + beta lactamase inhibitor.

5) For bites, Unasyn is super.

6) For intra-abdominal infections, use Flagyl + a 3rd generation cephalosporin.

7) Penicillins are excreted by the kidneys, except for the semi-synthetic ones.

8 ) All 3rd generation cephalosporins cross the blood brain barrier.

9) Ceftriaxone is good for meningitis, and community acquired pneumonia, but can cause biliary sludging.

10) Cefotaxime is the drug of choice for neonatal meningitis.

11) Vancomycin is good for staph infections and c diff.

12) Polymixin B is nephrotoxic and is only good for gram negatives.

And I learned much more!

Note: Sorry for the crappy quality of the pics with this post. I was too tired to put more energy into them!