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Review of Pharmacology - 9E (2015)

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<strong>Review</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Pharmacology</strong><br />

Chemotherapy A: General Considerations and Non-specific...<br />

• Burkholderia<br />

--<br />

mallei (glanders) • Streptomycin + Tetracycline<br />

--<br />

pseudomallei (melioidosis) • Ceftazidime<br />

• Helicobacter pylori • Clarithromycin + Amoxycillin + Proton<br />

pump inhibitor<br />

• Enterobactericiae<br />

--<br />

Salmonella • Ceftriaxone<br />

--<br />

E. coli sepsis • Ceftriaxone 6<br />

--<br />

Klebsiella • Ceftriaxone 7<br />

--<br />

Proteus vulgaris • Ceftriaxone 8<br />

--<br />

Enterobacter • Carbapenems<br />

--<br />

Serratia • Carbapenems<br />

--<br />

Shigella • Fluoroquinolones<br />

--<br />

Yersinia • Streptomycin + tetracycline<br />

Spirochetes<br />

• Treponema<br />

--<br />

pallidum (syphilis) • Penicillin G<br />

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pertenue (yaws) • Penicillin G<br />

• Leptospira • Penicillin G<br />

• Borrelia<br />

--<br />

burgdorferi (Lyme’s) • Doxycycline<br />

--<br />

recurrentis (Relapsing fever) • Doxycycline<br />

Chlamydiae<br />

• C. psittaci • Doxycycline<br />

• C. trachomatis • Doxycycline<br />

• C. pneumoniae • Doxycycline<br />

Rickettsiae<br />

• R. prowazekii (Epidemic typhus) • Doxycycline<br />

• R. typhi (Endemic typhus) • Doxycycline<br />

• Orientia tsutsugamushi (scrub typhus) • Doxycycline<br />

• R. rickettssi (Rocky mounted spotted fever) • Doxycycline<br />

• R. akari (Rickettsial pox) • Doxycycline<br />

• Rickettsia fever • Doxycycline<br />

• Ehrlichia • Doxycycline<br />

• Coxiella burnetii (Q fever) • Doxycycline<br />

Mycoplasma • Azithromycin<br />

Nocardia • Cotrimoxazole<br />

1. Oral penicillin V can be used for mild cases<br />

2. Addition <strong>of</strong> gentamicin decreases the duration <strong>of</strong> treatment<br />

3. Gentamicin is added for meningitis or endocarditis<br />

4. For C. jeikium, vancomycin is drug <strong>of</strong> choice<br />

5. Gentamicin is added for first few days<br />

6. For UTI by E.coli, nitr<strong>of</strong>urantion or fosfomycin are used<br />

7. For ESBL producing strains, carbapenems are drug <strong>of</strong> choice<br />

8. For P. mirabilis, ampicillin is drug <strong>of</strong> choice<br />

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