WAAW 2025 Draft

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Across
  1. 2. Promotes responsible antibiotic use — aim of the World Antimicrobial Awareness Week campaign!
  2. 4. Commonly used for skin infections like cellulitis; may increase pancreatitis risk.
  3. 6. Used for resistant Gram-positive infections; not to take tyramine-rich foods such as Bovril whilst taking this antibiotic.
  4. 8. A new, narrow-spectrum antibiotic for Clostridioides difficile infection.
  5. 9. A lab test that identifies bacteria and determines which antibiotics work best.
  6. 12. Overreaction of the immune system to a harmless substance.
  7. 14. Antibiotic treatment based on likely pathogens and trust guidelines before culture results are available.
  8. 15. Used to treat lower UTIs in pregnancy; a first-generation cephalosporin.
Down
  1. 1. Type of antibiotic that kills bacteria directly.
  2. 3. A macrolide antibiotic used for chest infections in penicillin allergy — hold statins when taking this.
  3. 5. When bacteria develop or share mechanisms to evade antibiotics, leading to the rise of ‘superbugs’.
  4. 7. Life-threatening response to infection; key signs include fever, confusion, and low blood pressure.
  5. 10. Antibiotic that turns body fluids orange-red; used to treat tuberculosis and currently in national shortage.
  6. 11. The first antibiotic discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1928; derived from fungus and most common cause of antibiotic allergy.
  7. 13. Common cause of urinary tract infections; a Gram-negative bacterium.