ACUTE CARE NP EXAM.....ANTIBIOTICS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS

Beta-Lactams - main meds and side effects - correct answermeds: Penicillin, sx: allergy, Cephalosporin, sx: allergies Monobactam, Carbapenam, sx: allergy, seizure (high doses) Glycopeptides two meds and side effects - correct answerVancomycin, sx: red man syndrome, nephrotoxic with aminoglycosides tecoplanin Macrolides - meds and side effects - correct answererythromycin, clarithromycin, azithromycin side effects: GI complaints, drug interactions Lincosamides - correct answerclindamycin Aminoglycosides - meds and side effects - correct answergentamycin, tobramycin, amikacin side effects: nephro and ototoxic Quinolones - meds and side fx - correct answermeds: norflaxicin, ciporflaxicin, levoflaxicin, gemiflaxicin, moxiflaxicin, ofloxicin side fx: GI and CNS, Seizure high doses Sulfonamides - meds and side fx - correct answertrimethoprim+sulfamethaxole side fx: allergic reactions, Steven Johnson