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Clindamycin |
Keep Clean sign Type writer = acts on 50s subunit inhibiting translocation Paper jam = bacteriostatic Gasmask = anaerobic coverage Lung stains with holes = exellent penetration into abcesses in lungs |
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Clandamycin Targets |
Purple coccoid dumbbells = activity against Staph and Strep Pie and red puffy glove = treats Strep pyogenes (group A) and soft tissue infections (cellulitis) No mercy pharoah = activity against MRSA Chocking on bacterid = treats oral infections and aspiration pneumonia from Bacteroides fragilis Perforated pants = activity against Clostridium perfringens Snaow capped mountains picture = topical treatment to treat iniflammatory acne Uterus Machine = clindamycine + gentamcin treat polymicrobial female genital tract due to broad coverage Venous fly trap garden = treats bacterial vaginosis due to Gardenella Vaginalis |
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General Rule for Clindamycin |
Clindamycin above the diaphragm metronidazole for below. Generally true on exams |
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Clindamycin Side effects |
Brown Puddle = diarrhea Brown Geyser = pseudomembranous colitis caused by Clostridium difficile |
