Bacteria and their causes,antibiotics Flashcards
streptococcus +ve
flesh eating bacteria (pyogenes)
Pneumonia (pneumoniae)
neonatal sepsis and meningitis (Group B)
Staphylococcus aureus +ve
NOTE: all bacteria with ‘cocc’ in name is gram +ve and ‘clostridium’
Abcess, TSS,food poisoning
osteomyelitis (inflammation of bone or bone marrow due to infection)
endocarditis (inflammation of endocardium)
clostridium +ve
- gas gangrene (perfingens)
- diarrhoea (difficile)
Neisseria -ve
meningitis and septicaemia (blood poisoning caused by bacteria and toxins)
gonorrhoea (venereal (relating to sexual intercourse) disease involving inflammatory discharge from urethra or vagina)
Escherichia coli -ve
watery diarrhoea
renal failure
salmonella spp. -ve
gastroenteritis (inflammation of stomach and intestines) typhoid fever (eruption of spots on chest and abdomen and severe intestinal irritation)
shigella -ve
dysentery (infected intestines causing bloody diarrhoea and mucus in faeces)
pseudomonas aeruginosa -ve
inflammation and sepsis
legionella spp -ve
fever
influenza (infection of respiratory passages)
legionellosis-caused by legionella bacteria showing influenza like symptoms
helicobacter pylori -ve
ulcers especially in duodenum (small intestine)
peptic ulcer-lesion (damage) in digestive tract-e.g. stomach or intestine caused by pepsin and stomach acid
bacteroids spp
abcesses (pus spots)
chlamydia spp
chlamydia= disease affecting gonads
mycobacterium tuberculosis and leprae ACID FAST
TB
leprosy
streptococcus pyogenes +ve
flesh eating bacteria
Group B streptococci +ve
neonatal meningitis and sepsis
streptococcus pneumoniae +ve
pneumonia
meningitis in the elderly
sepsis
endocarditis (inflammation of endocardium-membrane lining inside chambers of heart and forms surface of valves)
clostridium perfingens +ve
gas gangrene
clostridium difficile +ve
diarrhoea
neisseria meningitidis -ve
septicaemia and meningitis in CHILDREN,ADULTS and ELDERLY
neisseria gonorrhoea -ve
gonorrhoea leading to epididymitis (inflammation of coiled tubes (epididymis) at back of testicle that stores and carries sperm)
what 5 antibiotics act on bacterial cell walls?
penicillin,amoxicillin, flucloxacillin
cephalexin and vancomycin
which 3 antibiotics affect bacterial protein synthesis?
gentamicin, erythromycin, tetracycline
which antibiotic affects bacterial DNA?
ciprofloxacin
which antibiotic affects bacterial RNA polymerase?
rifampicin
what is the role of antifolates?
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
what 2 antibiotics act as antifolates on bacteria?
trimethoprim
metronidazole
