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Treatment
Bacterial and Viral
18
Microbiology
Professional
07/20/2012

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Term
Strep. pyogenes (4)
Definition
1) Penicillin G (IV)
2) Penicillin V
3) Erythromycin
4) Penicillinase-resistant penicillin (when Staph also suspected)
Term
Additional drug for invasive S. pyogenes
Definition
Clindamycin
Term
Strep. agalactiae
Definition
Penicillin G (IV)
Term
Entero, and non-entero cocci (ffbe)
Definition
1) Ampicillin (sometimes with an amino-glycoside)

Bacteria is resistant to Penicillin G and emerging resistance to vancomycin
Term
Strep. viridans
Definition
Penicillin G
Term
Strep. pneumoniae (3)
Definition
1) Penicillin G
2) Erythromycin
3) Ceftriaxone

*Vaccine available for elderly (23 protein) or children (heptavalent)
Term
Staph aureus (3)
Definition
1) Penicillinase-resistant penicillins
2) Vancomycin
3) Clindamycin
Term
MRSA
Definition
Intravenous vancomycin (Linezolid is also effective)
Term
Staph epidermidis (1)
Definition
Vancomycin
Term
Staph saprophyticus
Definition
Penicillin
Term
Bacillus anthracis (3)
Definition
1) Ciprofloxacin
2) Doxycycline
3) Vaccine- ONLY FOR HIGH RISK INDIVIDUALS
Term
Bacillus cereus (4)
Definition
1) Vancomycin
2) Clindamycin
3) Resistant to beta-lactams
4) NO TREATMENT FOR FOOD POISONING
Term
Clostridium botulinum (5)
Definition
1) Antitoxin (for food-born and wound)
2) Human botulism immunoglobulin (infant)
3) Penicillin
4) Hyperbaric oxygen
5) Supportive care (resp, incubation, etc.)
Term
Clostridium tetani (5)
Definition
1) Vaccination w/ formalin-inactivated toxin (part of DPT)
2) Antitoxin: anti-toxin antibodies
3) Clean the wound
4) Penicillin
5) Supportive therapy
Term
Clostridium perfringens (3)
Definition
1) Radical surgery
2) Penicillin
3) Hyperbaric oxygen
Term
Clostridium difficile (3)
Definition
1) Metronidazole
2) Oral vancomycin
3) Terminate use of responsible antibiotic
Term
C. diphtheriae (3)
Definition
1) Antitoxin
2) Penicillin or Erythromycin
3) Vaccine: DPT
Term
L. monocutogenes (2)
Definition
1) Ampicillin
2) Trimethroprim/sulfamethoxazole
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