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"Ciprofloxacillin" doesn't exist. Ciprofloxacin is a fluoroquinolone antibiotic often used for respiratory and urinary tract infections. The "-cillin" suffix is afixed to medications in the penicillin class (amoxicillin, piperacillin, nafcillin), which are beta-lactams rather than fluoroquinolones. They are commonly used against skin and skin-structure infections. -Friendly Neighborhood Pharmacist
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If im allergic to penacilin can you take amoxacilin?
if by "ciprofloxacillin" you mean "ciprofloxacin" (check the name carefully), then most probably the answer is yes. they are both antibitoics but have two very different mechanisms of actions.
What type of organism is salmonella typhi?
It's a gram-negative coccobacilli, an enteric bacteria, produces endotoxin, and sometimes, if not properly treated, may cause septicemia. Patients may complain of fever/rigors with abdominal cramping. One drug of choice for patients with symptoms is ciprofloxacillin. For more severe cases (such as in septicemia), intravenous therapy would be indicated with third-generation cephalosporins, such as ceftriaxone.
Can you take Cipro if allergic to cephalosporin drugs?
The answer is: maybe, be cautious and get expert advice. I think the best rundown is found at this site: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/583836_11. Some relevant, pardon if I may quote:Although the extent of allergic cross-reactivity between penicillin and cephalosporins is unknown and appears to be low, about 4% of patients with a proven penicillin allergy (by skin testing) also react to cephalosporins. Patients with a history of penicillin allergy who have negative penicillin skin test responses might safely receive cephalosporins. The AAAAI recommends that patients with a positive penicillin skin test (1) receive a non-beta-lactam antibiotic, (2) receive a cephalosporin through graded challenge, or (3) undergo rapid desensitization before receiving a cephalosporin. The clinical availability of skin test reagents would provide considerable assistance in evaluating patients with a history suggesting an IgE-type adverse drug response.When current clinical data are combined with structural activity relationship side-chain analysis, it appears that, for select cephalosporins without side-chain similarities, the relative risk of prescribing these antibiotics in a non-IgE-mediated penicillin-allergic patient is no greater than the low inherent allergic risk of the products themselves.Please note "cipro" is not a cephalosporin. It is a quinolone. The above appears to confuse the two.
