Drug of choice for pneumonia

    • [DOC File]Respiratory MCQ’s

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      Medical management with antibiotics for up to 2 months is the treatment of choice. Non infectious causes of lung abscess include rheumatoid nodules and pulmonary infarction. A patient with pneumonia develops a pleural effusion, which you aspirate.

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    • [DOC File]PNEUMONIA

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      The choice of antibiotics will depend on what microorganism is responsible for the pneumonia. Many times that the physician will not know this or it would be impractical to find out. In those cases, antibiotics will be used that are effective against the bacteria that is the likely cause; this is called empirical therapy.

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    • [DOC File]Drug - University of Washington

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      Complicated UTI/catheters (alternative choice) Pneumonia (not reliable for H. influenzae) Absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion Good GI absorption. Distribution: bound to plasma proteins, diffuses readily into most tissues with inflammation. Excretion: Largely unchanged in the urine. PD (time vs. concentration dependent killing)

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    • [DOC File]General Outline for Antibiotics (a good study guide)

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      E. drug interactions - sulfonamides potentiate effects of oral anticoagulants, sulfonylurea hypoglycemics, and hydrantoin anticonvuslants. Quinolones. I. Chemistry. A. first quinolone, naladixic acid, was a byproduct of chloroquine synthesis (an antimalarial drug) B. current drugs are fluorinated 4-quinolones. II. Effect on Microbes

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    • [DOC File]Chapter 22 Diseases of the Respiratory System

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      • Pneumonia is inflammation of the lungs accompanied by fluid filled alveoli and bronchioles • Pneumonia can be categorized by the affected region or the organism causing the disease • Lobar pneumonia-involves entire lobes of the lungs ... • Treatment: Penicillin is the drug of choice ...

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    • [DOC File]Antibiotics: How Long Is Long Enough

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      "In terms of drug resistance, we have much bigger fish to fry." In the United States, amoxicillin is not even the antibiotic of choice in treating pneumonia, Dr. Fine said, partly because, unlike in the Netherlands, overuse of penicillins and other broad spectrum antibiotics for acute bronchitis, earaches, clogged sinuses, sore throats and ...

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