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Assignment 15, BBC
| C. cereus | vancomycin or clindamycin |
| borrelia burgdoferi | doxycycline |
| campylobacter jejuni | erythromycin |
| candida spp | miconazole or skin/vagina; fluconazole for systemic infection |
| Chlamydia trachomatis | doxycycline (azithromycin alt) |
| clostridium difficile | metronidazole (alt vancomycin) |
| corynebacterium diphtheria | erythromycin |
| gardnerella vaginalis | matronidazole (alt tinidazole) |
| hemophilus ducreyi | azithromycin |
| hemophilus influenza | cefotaxime or ceftriaxone |
| mycoplasmia influenza | azithromycin |
| neisseria gonorrheae | ceftriaxone (add doxycyline to empirically tx for chlamydia |
| neisseria meningitidis | penicillin G |
| bacillus anthracis | penicillin (empiric cipro or levo or doxy + clindamycin or rifampin) |
| listeria monocytogenes | ampicillin |
| pasteurella multocida | penicillin family drugs |
| samonella typhi | ceftriaxone or any quinolone |
| shigella species | azithromycin or any quinolone (alt TMP-SMX + ampicillin) |
| treponema pallidum | penicillin G |
| trichomonas vaginalis | metronidazole (alt tinidazole) |
| staphylococcus aureus | oxacillin or nafcillin; dicloxacillin if on skin; if MRSA - vancomycin |
| streptococcus pyogenes | penicillin G or V |
| genital warts | podophyllin resin OR cryotheraphy OR trichloroacetic acid |
| group B strep prophylaxis for pregnant females | penicillin G during labor |
| staph saprophyticus | any cephalosporin or ampicillin-clavulanic acid |
| strep pneumoniae | penicllin G |
| vibrio cholerae | doxycycline or any fluroquinolone |
| giardia lamblia | tinidazole OR nitazoxanide (alt metronidazole) |
| entamoeba histolytica | metronidazole OR tinidazole |
| ascaris lumbricoides | albendazole OR mebendazole |
| enterobius vermicularis | mebendazole |
| mecator americanus | albendazole OR mebendazole |
| trichinella spiralis | albendazole + prednisone |
| schistosoma spp | praziquantel |
| diphyllobothrium latum | praziquantel |
| adenovirus | cidovir + probenecid |
| influenza A | zanamivir |
| influenza B and avian (H5N1) | oseltamivir OR zanamivir |
| H1N1 | oseltamivir |
| measles | vitamin A (kids) OR ribavirin (adults) |
| smallpox | smallpox vaccine (w/in 4 days of exposure) + cidofovir |