Micro Summary: Treatment Flashcards
Bacteriodes: Bacilus, Prevotella, Porphoryngeus
Drainage, TFM
Histotoxic Clostridia: C. perfringens, C. septicum
Surgery, amputation
C. tetani
Antitoxin
C. botulism
Antitoxin
C. difficile
Metronidazole (oral or IV) or oral vancomycin (but NOT IV)
Haemophilus influenzae
Cephalosporins & amoxicillin/clavulanate, rifampin (carriers), Hilleman’s vaccine
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
TFM, azithromycin (prophylaxis)
Klebsiella
All produce SHV-type beta-lactamase (Resistant to ampicillin), Some produce ESBL (Resistant to all beta-lactams except carbapenems), Some produce K. pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC) beta-lactamase (Resistant to all beta-lactams including carbapenems)
Yersinia pestis
Streptomycin (& gentamicin, doxycycline, ciprofloxacin)
Chlamydia trachomatis
Normal: azitrhomycin & doxycycline, Pregnant: azitrhomycin & amoxicillin, LGB: doxycycline
Treponema pallidum
Early/Late: benzathine PCN G & doxycycline, Neurosyphilis: crystalline PCN G, Pregnant: PCN (desensitize)
Rickettsia rickettsii
Doxycycline
Borrelia burgdorferi
Early: doxycycline, amoxicillin, Late: IV ceftriaxone
Bacillus anthracis
Cutaneous: doxycycline or ciprofloxacin,Inhalational/GI: Ciprofloxacin, linezolid, Meropenem (meningitis), Clindamycin (no meningitis), Post-exposure prophylaxis: vaccine, doxycycline, levofloxacin, ciprofloxacin, Raxibacumab, pleural effusion drainage, vaccine
Francisella tularensis
Streptomycin (& gentamicin, doxycycline)
Helicobacter pylori
> 1 antimicrobial (e.g., clarithromycin and bismuth salts) and an acid blocker (e.g., omeprazole)
Enterococcus faecium
Linezolid and daptomycin against vancomycin resistant Enterococci (VRE)
Staphylococcus aureus
Vancomycin, linezolid, daptomycin
Neisseria meningitidis
Penicillins, Cephalosporins, FQs
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Cephalosporins (ceftriaxone)
Streptococcus pyogenes
Penicillins, Beta-lactams
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Beta-lactams
Listeria monocytogenes
Ampicillin or TMP/SMX
Legionella pneumophila
Macrolides, quinolones
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
BCG vaccine, rifampin, isoniazid, pyrazinamide, ethamutol, FQs (moxi, second line)
Mycobacterium leprae
Dapsone, rifampin
Corynebacterium diphtheria
Antitoxin, DPT vaccine, erythromycin, penicillin