ID Flashcards
common bacteria in 0-1 month
GBS
Ecoli
Listeria monocytogenes
how to treat a 0-1 month with antibiotics
ampicillin +
gentamicin/cefotaxime
common bacteria in 1-3 months
GBS
streptococcus pneumoniae
listeria monocytogenes
how to treat 1-3 months with antibiotics
ampicillin +
cefotaxime (+vancomycin if bacterial meningitis is suspected)
common bacteria in 3months - 3 years
strep. pneumoniae
h.influenza type B
neisseria meningitidis
how to treat 3months- 3 years with antibiotics
cefotaxime (+vacomycin if bacterial meningitis suspected)
common bacteria in 3yrs - adult
streptococcus pneumoniae
neisseria meningitidis
how to treat 3yrs- adults with antibiotics
cefotaxime (+vacomycin if bacterial meningitis suspected)
criteria for low risk for serious bacterial infections
wbc, absolute band count, ua,
wbc - >5,
when to hospitalize kids w fever
neonate
infant
neonate - all
infant btw - 29 days and 3 months – toxic? suspect meningitis, pneumonia, pyelonephritis, or bone and soft tissue infections unresponsive to oral antibiotics?
uncertain f/u
fever of unknown origin - meaning
fever that lasts 8days - 3 weeks
common causes of sinusitis
s. pneumoniae
h. influenza
m. catarrhalis
treatment of sinusitis
amoxicillin/ amoxicillin + clavulante, or second gen. cephalosporin
most common causes of pharyngitis
Coxsackie, EBV, CMV
strep pyogenes/
diphtheria
how does viral pharyngitis present?
URI symptoms
tonsilar exudates
EBV pharyngitis
enlarged posterior cervical lymph nodes/malaise/hepatosplenomegaly
coxsackie virus pharyngitis presentation
painful vesicles or ulcers on the posterior pharynx and soft palate herpangina
might have blisters on hand-foot- soles (hand -foot- mouth disease)
GABHS-
school age - 5-15 winter and spring lack of URI exudates on the tonsils petechiae on the soft palate strawberry tongue enlarged tender anterior cervical lymph nodes
diphteria presentation of pharyngitis
gray adherent tonsillar membranes
how to treat GABHS pharyngitis
penicillin
IM benzathine penicillin
if allergic: erythromycin or macrolides
how to treat diphtheria pharyngitis?
oral erythromycin or parenteral penicillin
most common causes of otitis media
s.pneumoniae
non-typeable h. influenxae
moraxella
how to treat acute otitis media?
can use amoxicillin
pathogens of otitis externa
pseudomonas, staph
candida