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conym5 - 11-09-09 11:07
treatment of choice for minor Methicilline resistant Staph Aureus infections?
1.erythromycin
2.Azithromycin
3.vancomycine
4.clindamycin
5.linezolid
conym5 - 11-09-09 11:07
treatment of choice for minor Methicilline resistant Staph Aureus infections?
1.erythromycin
2.Azithromycin
3.vancomycine
4.clindamycin
5.linezolid
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Re: pharm medicov9 - 12-14-09 10:02 vancomycin as its very potent and is a reserve drug fro this resistance
#2
Re: pharm
conym5 - 12-14-09 10:17 vancomycin as its very potent and is a reserve drug fro this resistance
but it is used in serious infections and when patient is allergic to regular penicilline...
think again...
#3
Re: pharm mtniharika - 12-15-09 11:12 Both CA-MRSA and HA-MRSA are resistant to traditional anti-staphylococcal beta-lactam antibiotics, such as cephalexin. CA-MRSA has a greater spectrum of antimicrobial susceptibility, including to sulfa drugs (like co-trimoxazole/trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole), tetracyclines (like doxycycline and minocycline) and clindamycin, but the drug of choice for treating CA-MRSA has not been established. HA-MRSA is resistant even to these antibiotics and often is susceptible only to vancomycin. Newer drugs, such as linezolid (belonging to the newer oxazolidinones class), may be effective against both CA-MRSA and HA-MRSA.
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