Antimicrobial Therapy

 

 

Rifampin is used against MTB and also as prophylaxis against N. menigiditis

 

6.    Metronidazole

 

Used against anaerobes and certain parasitic infections

 

7.        Erthromycin and other macrolides

 

Used mainly as a second line drug for penicillin. Used first line for legionella and sometimes for chlamydial and mycoplasmal infections

 

Clindamycin is mainly used in the treatment of anaerobic infections.

 

8.        Vancomycin

 

For MRSA infections

 

9.        Tetracyclines

 

Tetracycline and doxyclyine are used for a wide variety of bacterial, chlamydial, and rickettsial infections

 

10.    Sulphonamides

 

Sulphonamides are often used in conjunction with trimethroprim. It is used for treating UTI and respiratory infections

 

11.    Quinolones

 

Ciprofloxacin and Ofloxacin are active against a large umber of gram-negative bacilli including P. aeruginosa.