Antibiotics Flashcards
Enteric bacteria
Use antimicrobial sensitivity assay
Tetanus, botulism
Infection usual transient, antitoxin treatment more important
Gas gangrene
Surgical care and protein synthesis inhibiting antibiotics
Rickettsiae, Chlamydia
Intracellular: Doxycycline
Vibrio cholera
Antibiotics aren’t crucial, rehydration is
Heliobacter pylori
Choice of three 10-14 day tripe drug courses
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Ceftriaxone
Listeria
Ampicillin, long course
Pseudomonas
Antimicrobial sensitivity assay, antipseudomonal penicillin
Syphillis
Penicillin G
Lyme disease
Doxycycline 10-30 days
TB
Directly observed therapy with at least four drugs, usually includes isoniazid and rifampin; antimicrobial sensitivity assay
Anerobes
Surgical care plus metronidazole
Streptococci
Penicillin, Erythromycin
Staphylococci
Penicillin, oxacillin, methicillin, vancomycin