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Gram negative rods
Commensals in colon
Lactose fermenting (LFC)
Escherichia coli
Klebsiella spp
Non-lactose fermenting (NLF)
Proteus
Pseudomonas
UTI
E.Coli
C.Diff
Gram Positive Anaerobe
spore forming
Treatment of C.Diff
PO metronidazole 10-14 days
Vancomycin as 2nd line
Gram positive cocci
Staphylococcus
OR
Streptococcus
Gram positive
Bacilli
Spore-forming
Bacillus anthracis/cereus
Clostridium difficile
Non-spore forming
Corynebacterium
Listeria
Cocci
Streptococcus
Staphylococcus
Enterococci
Gram negative
Bacilli
Every other bacteria ever…
Cocci
Neisseria
Spiral/comma
Campylobacter
Helicobacter
Vibrio
Mycoplasma
do not have a cell wall
They only have a simple cell membrane, so they are neither G+ nor G-.
facultative anaerobe Gram positive cocci that grows in clusters and on your skin.
Streptococcus
Gram positive anaerobe bacilli causes diarrhoea
Clostridium
catalase positive
Staphylococcus
Catalase converts hydrogen peroxide to water and oxygen
cellulitis, osteomyelitis, pneumonia and meningitis.
Staph and Strep
Scarlet Fever
exotoxin Ax, sore throat + scarlet red rash starting on trunk and neck, often sparing the face. Feels like sandpaper.
CASES
Jones criteria for rheumatic fever
Carditis Arthralgia Syd chorea Erythema marginatum Subcut nodules
Group A Strep
Strep pharyngitis: sore throat + red swollen, purulent tonsils, swollen lymph nodes.
Scarlet fever: exotoxin Ax, sore throat + scarlet red rash starting on trunk and neck, often sparing the face. Feels like sandpaper.
Necrotising fasciitis: swelling redness, eventual dusky discolouration with bullae.
Post strep glomerulonephritis
Rheumatic fever
Group B Strep
Neonatal sepsis
Meningitis
Pneumonia
Staph Aureus
Exotoxin responsible
Gastroenteritis
Toxic shock syndrome
Scalded skin syndrome
Direct organ invasion Pneumonia Meningitis Osteomyelitis Acute bacterial endocarditis Septic arthritis Skin infections: BOILS! Bacteraemia/sepsis UTIs
S. Epidermidis
Commensal of the skin that rarely causes infection
Contaminates blood cultures: if present at >2 sites then probably significant.
Can cause line/prostheses infections and endocarditis
Resistant to antibiotics (penicillins)
S. saprophyticus
2nd commonest cause of UTI in young women after E. coli
NB: Hugo Donaldson asked/grilled about coagulase negative staph during Path viva.
Treating Strep Infections
Strep throat – Pen V or amoxicillin for 10 days.
Scarlet fever – Pen V or amoxicillin for 10 days.
Rheumatic fever – Culture +ve = Big ol shot of Pen G.
Necrotising fasciitis – Benzylpenicillin + clindamycin + gentamicin + debridement + panic.
Treating Staph Infections
S. aureus: flucloxacillin oral 500mg QDS + vanc and clinda if nasty.
S. epidermidis: vancomycin due to resistance to penicillins.
S. saprophyticus: penicillin.
Surgical Prophylaxis
Cefuroxime + metronidazole
Ceftriaxone
Crosses BBB
Meningitis
Gram negative intracellular
Legionella