microbiology - drugs Flashcards
what is the treatment for staph aureus?
flucloxacillin
what is the treatment for staph epidermis?
vancomycin
what is the treatment for strep pyogenes?
doxycycline
what is the treatment for N. Gonorrhoea?
ceftriaxone
what is the treatment for gram negatives?
gentamicin
what is the treatment for anaerobes?
metronidazole
what is the treatment for MRSA?
vancomycin
what are the signs of inflammation?
red
hot
swollen
loss of function
pain
what is the treatment of osteomyelitis?
culture (biopsy if vertebral)
antibiotics
what is gram positive in clusters?
staphylococci
what is gram positive in chains?
streptococci
what are alpha haemolytic strephtococci?
strep pneumoniae
strep viridans
what are beta-haemolytic streptococci?
group A strep - throat, skin infection
group B strep - neonatal meningitis
group C
what is the non-haemolytic streptococci?
enterococcus
what is coagulase positive staphylococci?
staph aureus