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Bugs & Drugs

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OrganismClassificationDiseaseDOCAlternative drug
Bacillus anthracis G+ Rod pulmonary anthrax Ciprofloxacin or doxy (blank)
Clostridium difficile G+ Rod anaerobic pseudomembranous colitis metronidazole vancomycin
Clostridium perfringens G+ Rod anaerobic cellulitis or myonecrosis penicillin + clindamycin doxy
Listeria monocytogenes G+ Rod meningitis ampicillin +/- gentamicin TMP-SMX
Enterococcus sp G+ Cocci UTI, sepsis, endocarditis cillin + AG vancomycin or linezolid or quinu/dalfopristin
Staphylococcus aureus MSSA G+ Cocci abscess nafcillin or oxacillin 1st gen ceph or vancomycin
Staph. A. MRSA G+ Cocci abscess vancomycin linezolid or Quinupristin-dalfopristin or daptomycin
Strep Group A or B G+ Cocci pharyngitis pen G or V all beta lactams or macrolides
Strep pneumoniae (pen sens) G+ Cocci pneumonia Pen G or amoxicillin macrolides
Streptococcus pneumoniae (pen resis) G+ Cocci pneumonia vancomycin or linezolid dalfopristin/quinupristin; daptomycin
Bordetella pertussis Gram - Rod whooping cough erythromycin TMP-SMX
Brucella sp Gram - Rod brucellosis doxy + either streptomycin or gentamicin (blank)
Campylobacter jejuni Gram - Rod diarrhea erythromycin or ciprofloxacin (blank)
Escherichia coli Gram - Rod UTI / Wound TMP-SMX or cipro / 3rd gen ceph or TMP-SMX (blank)
Francisella tularensis Gram - Rod tularemia strept or gent or tobramycin doxy or ciprofloxacin
Haemophilus influenzae Gram - Rod meningitis / upper respiratory 3rd gen ceph / TMP-SMX Imipenem / several others
Helicobacter pylori Gram - Rod peptic ulcer PPI + clarithromycin + either amoxicilin or metronidazole (or lots of others) (blank)
Yersinia enterocolitica Gram - Rod gastroenteritis TMP-SMX or FQ 3rd ceph
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Gram - Rod sepsis (serious) AG + piperacillin AG + (3rd gen ceph; imipenem; FQ; aztreonam)
Yersinia pestis Gram - Rod plague streptomycin or gentamicin chloramphenicol or doxy
Klebsiella pneumoniae Gram - Rod enteric pneumonia / UTI (uncomplicated) 3rd Ceph / FQ Cipro, cell wall blockers / (N/A)
Salmonella sp Gram - Rod enteric enteric fever ceftriaxone or FQ TMP-SMX
Shigella sp Gram - Rod enteric dysentery FQ or azithromycin TMP-SMX
Borrelia burgdorferi Spirochete Lyme disease doxy or amox or 3rd gen ceph (blank)
Chlamydia trachomatis DK Obligate intracellular urethritis doxy or azithromycin erythromycin
Gardnerella vaginalis G variable Rod vaginosis metronidazole clindamycin
Mycobacteria tuberculosis Acid-fast tuberculosis (active) rifampin + isoniazid + pyrazinamide ...+ ethambutol
Mycoplasma pneumoniae Wall-less pneumonia macrolide or FQ doxy
Neisseria gonorrhoeae G- Cocci urethritis 3rd gen Ceph doxy
Neisseria meningitides G- Cocci meningitis pen G ceftriaxone
Rickettsia ricketsii Obligate intracellular Rocky Mountain spotted fever doxy chloramphenicol
Treponema pallidum Spirochete syphilis pen G doxy or tetracycline
Created by: morgangarrett
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