Bacteria Flashcards
Acinetobacter
Gram neg. aerobe
Coccobacillus
Generally nosocomial pneumonia and bacteremia
Covered by Aminoglycosides, tigecycline, polymixins and ceftaroline
Bacteriodes species
Fragilis (below diaphram), melaningenicus
Gram neg. anaerobe
Intra-abdominal abscesses
Borreilia burgdorferi
Atypical spirochete
Lyme disease
Tetracycline drug of choice
Chlamydia pneumoniae
Atypical Gram neg.
CAP, pharyngitis (NOT HCAP)
Tetra/doxcy
Chlamydia trachomatis
Atypical Gram neg.
Trachoma eye infection and nongonococcal urethritis
Azith or doxy
Citrobacter
Gram neg. aerobe enteric GNR
Nosocomial infections and UTI’s
Nitrofurantoins
Clostridium botulinum
Gram pos. anaerobe
Botulism (flaccid paralysis)
Metronitazole
Clostridium perfringens
Gram pos. anaerobe
Gas gangrene
Clindamyacin
Enterococci
Gram pos. aerobe Group D
bacteremia, cepticemia,
E. coli
Gram neg. aerobe enteric GNR
UTIs
Nitro drug of choice for UTIs
H. influenzae
Gram neg. aerobe
pneumonia, meningitis
H. pylori
Atypical
peptic ulcer disease (PUD)
Amoxicillin, Clarithromyacin
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Gram neg. enteric GNR
HCAP, UTIs
Legionella
Atypical
Legionaires Disease
Macrolides, Tetracyclines, Floroquinolones
Listeria
Gram pos. rod aerobic
meningitis, cepticemia, brain stem encephalitis
Moraxella catarrhalis
Gram neg. aerobe
Upper respiratory infections, pneumonia in patients with chronic bronchitis
Erythromycin, Augmentin, Tetracycline, Cephalosporins