AMOXICILLIN

Course overview

AMOXICILLIN IS ONE OF THE MOST COMMONLY USED ANTIBIOTICS IN THE PRIMARY CARE SETTING. IT IS AN AMINO-PENICILLIN, CREATED BY ADDING AN EXTRA AMINO GROUP TO PENICILLIN, TO BATTLE ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE. AMOXICILLIN COVERS A WIDE VARIETY OF GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA, WITH SOME ADDED GRAM-NEGATIVE COVERAGE COMPARED TO PENICILLIN. SIMILAR TO PENICILLIN, IT COVERS MOST STREPTOCOCCUS SPECIES AND HAS IMPROVED COVERAGE OF LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES AND ENTEROCOCCUS SPP. IT ALSO HAS COVERAGE OVER HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE, SOME ESCHERICHIA COLI, ACTINOMYCES SPP., CLOSTRIDIUM SPECIES, SALMONELLA SPP., SHIGELLA SPP., AND CORYNEBACTERIA SPP.. THIS ACTIVITY COVERS AMOXICILLIN, A BETA-LACTAM ANTIMICROBIAL THAT MEMBERS OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM NEED TO REVIEW ITS INDICATIONS, COVERAGE, CONTRAINDICATIONS, AND ADVERSE EVENT PROFILE TO MANAGE PATIENTS WITH INFECTIOUS DISEASE OPTIMALLY.