Hello, peace keepers of the earth! =)
In today's post, I want to emphasise that the drug of choice for treatment of nocardia is TMP SMX. That's it!
Mnemonic: PANT
Penicillin for Aspergillosis
Penicillin for Aspergillosis
For Nocardia, use TMP SMX
Another mnemonic: SNAP
Sulfonamides for Nocardia
For Aspergillosi, use Penicillin
Other drugs used for the treatment of nocardia: CARDIA!
Ceftriaxone
Amikacin
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Doxycycline, Minocycline
Imipenem
Amoxicillin clavulanic acid
Ceftriaxone
Amikacin
R
Doxycycline, Minocycline
Imipenem
Amoxicillin clavulanic acid
That's all!
Happy international day of peace everyone!
-IkaN
Happy international day of peace everyone!
-IkaN
I learned it as:
ReplyDeleteFor Actinomyces and Nocardiac, the treatment is a SNAP!
Sulfa for Nocardia & Actinomyces gets Penicillin.
One comment on your mnemonic, the "Mnemonic: Since nocardia is associated with SULFur granules, use SULFonamides for treatment."
I believe it is typically Actinomyces which is associated with sulfur granules, not Nocardia.
Aha yup yup.. It's actino. I'll edit that out.
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