on infectious disease and antibiotics...please help

[fightingspirit]

this is about antibiotics.
Antibiotic A can be administered via ANY route. Its bioavailability is 90% when given orally. It does not cause allergies or superficial tissue irritation. Its absorption from the GIT lumen is not special in any way. 3 patients are infected with a bacterium against which antibiotic A is very effective.

One patient has a massive cryptic abcess.
Another has a systemic infection.
The third has moderate cellulitis localized to a small area in the leg.

So here are the questions pertenant to this scenario:
What route would you recommend for each of these patients? Also, if you are reading a medical textbook on infectious disease therapy, and the text said “treat with systemic antibiotic,” how would you interpret that? Is it another way of saying high dose, or distributes well everywhere, or it is just referring to IV administration?


thank you

---

Members don't see this ad.

 

[Blade28]

"Systemic" usually implies IV.

Your question is a little confusing - is this from an assignment?

 

[Blade28]

Please don't cross-post - you also posted this question in the Allo forum (seen here http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=462501 ) and as this issue is more appropriate for med students, I'm closing this thread. All responses and discussion can continue in the aforementioned thread.