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Macrolides are drug of choice for: Mnemonic: CLAW C - Chancroid by H. Ducreyi L - Legionella infections A - Atypical Pneumonia W - Whooping Cough by Bordetella pertusis other uses: Azithromycin - Diptheria and gram positive organisms, Prophylaxis of MAC infection, Chlamydial urogenital infections, H.influenza and Neisseria infections. Clarithromycin - Prophylaxis and treatment of MAC, peptic ulcer by H.pylori Spiramycin - DOC for treatment of toxoplasmosis in pregnancy.

Tetracyclines are first choice drugs for: Mnemonic : LG BPL CAR  L - Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) G - Granuloma Inguinale B - Brucellosis P - Plague phrophylaxis L - Lyme's disease (doxy) C - Cholera A - Atypical pneumonia due to chlamydia R - Relapsing fever (doxy)       Rickettsial Infection (doxy) Other uses: Mnemonic: Leprosy MAPS Leprosy(mino) M - meningococcal carrier (mino), malaria prophylaxis (doxy) A - Amoebiasis (doxy) P - Peptic ulcer by H.Pylori (tetra) S - SIADH (demeclo)

Mnemonic : BARE TB B - Bacterial meningitis A - Anaerobic infections R - Ricketsia infection E - Ear & Eye infection T - Typhoid B - Brucellosis