This simple sequence covers the vast majority of antibiotic concepts encountered in the FRCA Primary and provides a useful framework for approaching pharmacology SBAs.
- Positive People Prefer PEN : Gram-Positive Bugs → PEN [Penicillin ]
Streptococcus , Pneumococcus , Staphylococcus [Flucloxacillin]
- Negative GENTlemen : Gram-Negative Bugs → GENT [Gentamicin]
E. coli , Klebsiella
- No Air? Take the METRO : Anaerobes → METRO [ Metronidazole]
For - Abdominal sepsis , Bowel surgery , Dental infection
- My Atypical Chest : Atypical Pneumonia → MAC [ Macrolides]
Atypicals, mycoplasma
Azithromycin, clarithromycin, Eythromycin
- Mr Van drives MRSA : MRSA → VAN [Vancomycin]
- Pseudomonas Plays the PIPER : Pseudomonas → PIPER [ Pip-taz]
- Everything in the GP clinic : Broadspectrum- Co-Amoxicillin
