Bacteria Flashcards
What two cell types are effective against bacteria?
Phagocytes
Ab + B Lymphocytes
What cells are effective against viruses?
T Lymphocytes
What two cell types are effective against fungi?
Phagocytes
T Lymphocytes
What are phagocytes good against?
Bacteria
Fungi
What are T lymphocytes good against?
Viruses
Fungi
What are Ab and B lymphocytes good against?
Bacteria
What gram +ive cocci do we need to know?
Staph
Strep
Enterococci
What gram +ive bacilli do we need to know?
Listeria
Clostridium
Bacillus Cereus
What shape are most gram -ves?
Bacilli
What gram -ives is it important for us to know?
H. Influenza Atypical pneumonia Legionella E. Coli Pseudomonas Enterobacter
What is atypical pneumonia?
Any pneumonia not caused by strep pneumonia
How do you treat atypical pneumonia?
Doxycycline
How do you treat H. Influenza?
Amoxicillin (doxycycline if allergic)
How do you treat Legionella?
Azithromycin/Erythromycin/Clarithromycin
How do you treat E. Coli?
Don’t if GI
UTI etc co-trimoxazole/trimethoprim