Bacteria and their causes,antibiotics

Question 1

streptococcus +ve

Answer 1

flesh eating bacteria (pyogenes)
Pneumonia (pneumoniae)
neonatal sepsis and meningitis (Group B)

Question 2

Staphylococcus aureus +ve

NOTE: all bacteria with ‘cocc’ in name is gram +ve and ‘clostridium’

Answer 2

Abcess, TSS,food poisoning
osteomyelitis (inflammation of bone or bone marrow due to infection)
endocarditis (inflammation of endocardium)

Question 3

clostridium +ve

Answer 3

• gas gangrene (perfingens)

- diarrhoea (difficile)

Question 4

Neisseria -ve

Answer 4

meningitis and septicaemia (blood poisoning caused by bacteria and toxins)
gonorrhoea (venereal (relating to sexual intercourse) disease involving inflammatory discharge from urethra or vagina)

Question 5

Escherichia coli -ve

Answer 5

watery diarrhoea

renal failure

Question 6

salmonella spp. -ve

Answer 6

gastroenteritis (inflammation of stomach and intestines)
typhoid fever (eruption of spots on chest and abdomen and severe intestinal irritation)

Question 7

shigella -ve

Answer 7

dysentery (infected intestines causing bloody diarrhoea and mucus in faeces)

Question 8

pseudomonas aeruginosa -ve

Answer 8

inflammation and sepsis

Question 9

legionella spp -ve

Answer 9

fever
influenza (infection of respiratory passages)
legionellosis-caused by legionella bacteria showing influenza like symptoms

Question 10

helicobacter pylori -ve

Answer 10

ulcers especially in duodenum (small intestine)

peptic ulcer-lesion (damage) in digestive tract-e.g. stomach or intestine caused by pepsin and stomach acid

Question 11

bacteroids spp

Answer 11

abcesses (pus spots)

Question 12

chlamydia spp

Answer 12

chlamydia= disease affecting gonads

Question 13

mycobacterium tuberculosis and leprae ACID FAST

Answer 13

TB

leprosy

Question 14

streptococcus pyogenes +ve

Answer 14

flesh eating bacteria

Question 15

Group B streptococci +ve

Answer 15

neonatal meningitis and sepsis

Question 16

streptococcus pneumoniae +ve

Answer 16

pneumonia
meningitis in the elderly
sepsis
endocarditis (inflammation of endocardium-membrane lining inside chambers of heart and forms surface of valves)

Question 17

clostridium perfingens +ve

Answer 17

gas gangrene

Question 18

clostridium difficile +ve

Answer 18

diarrhoea

Question 19

neisseria meningitidis -ve

Answer 19

septicaemia and meningitis in CHILDREN,ADULTS and ELDERLY

Question 20

neisseria gonorrhoea -ve

Answer 20

gonorrhoea leading to epididymitis (inflammation of coiled tubes (epididymis) at back of testicle that stores and carries sperm)

Question 21

what 5 antibiotics act on bacterial cell walls?

Answer 21

penicillin,amoxicillin, flucloxacillin

cephalexin and vancomycin

Question 22

which 3 antibiotics affect bacterial protein synthesis?

Answer 22

gentamicin, erythromycin, tetracycline

Question 23

which antibiotic affects bacterial DNA?

Answer 23

ciprofloxacin

Question 24

which antibiotic affects bacterial RNA polymerase?

Answer 24

rifampicin

Question 25

what is the role of antifolates?

Answer 25

inhibits folic acid action which is to act as co factor for amino acids .
Inhibits cell division, DNA/RNA synthesis and repair…and protein synthesis

Question 26

what 2 antibiotics act as antifolates on bacteria?

Answer 26

trimethoprim

metronidazole