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Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A) strep throat, cellulitis, erysipelas, impetigo, scarlet fever, TSS, necrotizing fascilitis, acute rheumatic fever, glomerulonephritis, pneumonia



Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B) sepsis 60%/pneumonia 30%/meningitis 10% in newborn, diabetc foot infection

penicillin (or other beta lactams)


allergy: erythromycin (macrolide) or clindamycin


increasingly resistant to macrolides

Enterococci - UTI, endocarditis

Ampicillin or vancomycin


can add Gentamicin (toxicity- renal tubule, oto)

Staph ayreus - cellulitis

Dicloxacillin (stable to penicillinase)

MRSA

Vancomycin (Red man syndrom if too fast)


linezolid (toxicity- low platelets, neuropathy)


daptomycin (binds lung surfactant, check CK)


ceftaroline (new cephalosporine)

Staph epidermidis

Vancomycin

Bacillus anthracis (Gram pos rod)


Escherichia coli (Gram neg rod) - UTI

Ciprofloxacin

Neisseria gonorrhoeae (Gram - diplococci)


Neisseria meningitidis (Gram - coccus)

Ceftriaxone

exposed to someone with Neisseria meningitidis

Rifampin (orange body fluids, rapid resistance)

used to be used for E coli (Gram - rod)

Trimethoprim Sulfamethoxazole

Haemophilus influenza (Gram - coccobacillus) - otits media

amoxicillin

Mycoplasma pneumonia - atypical pneumonia


(also Legionella pneumophila, chlamydophila pneumoniae, chlamydia psittaci, Coxiella burnetii)

Erythromycin;


variants - clarithromycin, Axithromycin


or Doxycycline (a Tetracycline) (can-->esophagitis)


variant - Tigecycline

Clostridium difficile

vancomycin


metronidazole (no EtOH! disulfiram-like reaction)


fidaxomicin

Treponema pallidum - syphilis

penicillin

mycobacterium tuberculosis

rifampin


isoniazid (impairs synthesis of mycolic acid)


pyrazinamide (hyperuricemia, gout)


ethambutol (optic neuritis, color blind)

Borrelia burgdorgeri (spirochete) - Lyme

Doxycycline or Amoxacillin

empiric Staph aureus (or coagulase neg staph) - TSS

clindamycin + vancomycin + carbapenem

severe MSSA Toxic Shock Syndrome

clindamycin + nafcillin

MRSA Toxic Shock Syndrome

clindamycin + vancomycin/linezolid

Group A Strep./C. sordellii - Toxic Shock Syndrome

clindamycin + penicillin G

SCC mecIV CA-MRSA

clindamycin


Tetracycline


trimethaprim/sulfamethoxazole

coagulase negative Staph

vancomycin

Streptococcus pneumoniae - meningits

vancomycin until penicillin susceptibility proven


or cephalosporins


Streptococcus pneumoniae - pneumonia, sepsis, otitis media, sinusitis

if penicillin-resistant


clindamycin 65%


macrolides 25-50%


fluoroquinolones - levofloxacin, moxifloxacin 95%

Streptococcus viridans (anginosus, mitis, mutans, salivarus)- subacute bacterial endocarditis, TSLS



Streptococcus mutans - Dental caries

beta lactams


Gentamicin (synergistic killing)


Vancomycin or quinolones if penicillin resistant (mitis)

Nutritionally variant "Strep" (variable Gram, pleomorphic)


Granulitcatella


Abiotrophia

penicillin + Gentamicin


Vancomycin + rifampin

pregnant mom positive for Streptococcus agalactiae (group B) at 35-37 weeks ---> give treatment at least 4 hours before delivery to prevent bacteremia/meningitis in baby

chemoprophylaxis with intrapartum IV penicillin or ampicillin


Streptococcus agalactiae (group B) - neonatal septicemia/pneumonia/meningitis, endocarditis, soft tissue infection, UTI

penicillin, ampicillin, cephalosporins, vancomycin,


Clindamycin (15-40% R)


Erythromycin (25-50% R)


Streptococcus C, F, G - bacteremia, wound infections, septic arthritis, pharyngitis, endocarditis, osteomyelitis

penicillin

Streptococcus bovis (gallolyticus) - endocarditis, bacteremia (>50% assoc with colon malignancy), wound infections, UTI

hmm..

Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium - UTI, bacteremia, endocarditis, wound infections, infections associated with medical hardware



*faecilis can (rarely) produce beta lactamase

inhibited, NOT KILLED by penicillin


Ampicillin + ureidopenicillins (piperacillin)


Ampicillin + aminoglycoside for bacteremia


Ampicillin alone (or nitrofurnatoin) for UTI


Ampicillin/aminoglycoside resistant, vancomycin



alt - quinolones, tetracycline, imipenem, linezolid


R - clindamycin, macrolides, cephalosporin, monobactam, semisynthetic penicillins

Group A Streptococcus - pharyngitis (Strep throat)


- throat culture and direct antigen to diagnose


- ASO titer is Gold Std but not practical

kids under 60 lb - IM Benzathine Penicillin G


adults over 12 yo - Penicillin V 500 mg -10 days


children under 12 yo - penicillin V 250 mg - 10 d


other macrolides, clindamycin, cephalosporins

suppurative complications of Group A Strep

peritonsillar abscess otitis media


sinutis lymphadenitis meningitis arthritis


endocarditis osteomyelitis liver abscess


pneumonia

non-suppurative complications of Group A Strep

scarlet fever


acute rheumatic fever


post-strep glomerulonephritis


toxic shock syndrome


pediatric neuro-psych disorder (PANDAS)

Corynebacterium diptheriae

horse serum product anti-toxin


Erythromycin or penicillin

Bacillus anthracis

IV high dose penicillin if natural cause


Doxycycline or ciprofloxacin if terrorist

Lysteria monocytogenes - preg assoc bacteremia, granulomatosis infantiseptica, bacteremia, meningoencephalitis


- Internalin mediates engulfment


- Listeriolysin O mediates escape from vacuole


- actin tail to propel into other cells

IV ampicillin + Gentamicin


trimethoprim/sulfa if penicillin allergy


3-6 week therapy for meningitis

Clostridium botulinum - food-borne kind - flaccid paralysis (CN --> descending)


anaerobe

antitoxin + supportive care

Clostridium tetani - spastic paralysis


anaerobe

antitoxin + Penicillin G + wound care/support

Clostridium perfringens


anaerobe

extensive surgery + Penicillin G

Clostridium difficile - diarrhea


anaerobe

metronidazole


if no work, metronidazole + vancomycin (can also add rifampin) or vancomycin retention enema or vancomycin via pigtail catheter into caecum


Fidaxomicin - expensive

anaerobic cocci

penicillins


metronidazole


clindamicin


(penicillin + beta lactamase inhibitor)

Bacteroides fragilis - intra-abdominal, pelvic infection, decubitus ulcer, diabetc foot ulcer


anaerobe, periotonitis

metronidazole


beta lactam/beta lactamase inhibitor combo



cabapenem


increasing resistance to Clindamycin


Actinomyces - head/neck, chest/abdomen, draining sinuses - sulfur granules


anaerobe

high dose Penicillin G for long time

Escherichia coli - UTI, neonatal meningitis (second to GBS), septicemia, peritonitis, septic arthritis, abscess, wound infection, pneumonia, osteomyelitis

beta lactamases (extended spectrum beta lactamases, AmpC cephalosporinases, Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemases)

enterotoxigenic - infant/traveler's - watery


enteroinvasive - children - dysentery like


enteropathogenic - bottle fed infants - water/muc


enteroaggregative - 3rd wrld infants - water/bld


rehydrate and antibiotics

enterohemorrhagic E coli - hemorrhagic colitis


- developed world


- watery bloody diarrhea and cramps


- undercooked beef, sprouts, spinach


- Shiga toxins

rehydration

Salmonella - gastroenteritis, enteric/typhoid fever, bacteremia

gastroenteritis usually self limiting


antibiotic enhances the carrier state


antibiotics for severe/disseminated - variable susceptibility

shigella - shigellosis (bacillary dysentery)


A. Shigella dysenteriae


B. Shigella flexneri


C. Shigella boydii


D. Shigella sonnei 75-85% in US (mostly peds)

susceptible to most penicillins, cephalosporins, aminoglycosides, sulfonamides, aztreonam, carbapenems, quinolones



increasing resistance to ampicillin, tetracycline, and trim/sulfa

Yersina pestis - Bubonic, Pneumonic plague, septicemic, meningeal


bubonic - fever, chills, bubo


pneumonic - dyspnea, cyanosis, hemoptysis, resp collapse, sepsis, 100% mortality


* adhesin fibrolysin, protein capsule

Gentamicin, streptomicin


tetracycline or chloramphenicol

Yersina enterolitica - enterocolitis, terminal ileitis, diarrhea, mesenteric lymphadenitis


septic shock with contaminated blood products


*invasin, enterotoxin, yops

quinolones


trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole

Enterobacteriaceae:


Klebsiella


Enterobacter


Serratia


Proteus


Citrobacter


Morganella


UTI, sepsis, wound infections

beta lactamases


(extended spectrum beta lactamases


AmpC cephalosporinases


Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemases)


Pseudomonas aeruginosa - tracheobronchitis, necrotizing bronchopneumonia, granulocytopenia, bacteremia, worsen CF, meningitis, endocarditis, osteomyelitis, UTI, burn/surgical wound infection, otitis externia, folliculitis, corneal ulcers, febrile neutropenia * G-, non-ferm


(Klebsiella penumoniae and E coli can cause)


*Pili, LPS, MEP, Elastase, Exotoxin A (adp ribosylates EF2, prevent protein synthesis)

antipseudomonal beta lactam


aminoglycosides


fluoroquinolone


serious infection - combine


cefepine (4th gen cephalosporin)

Burkholderia cepacia - endocarditis, septicemia

trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole

Stentotrophomonas maltophilia

trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole

Haemophilus influenzae - sinusitis, otitis media


type b = meningits, sepsis, cellulitis, septic arthritis, epiglottitis


biogroup aegyptius = conjunctivitis, Brazilian purpuric fever


**needs X factor hemin and V factor NAD


lesser infections: Augmentin (Amoxacillin + clavulanate), 2nd gen cephalosporin - cefixime/cefuroxime, quinolones (ciprofloxacin), macrolides (azithromycin), trim/sulf


life threatening: 3rd gen cephalosporin IV, ampicillin if beta lactamase negative

Haemophilus parainfluenza - endocarditis, otitis media, epiglottitis, conjunctivitis, pneumonia


**needs V factor

Augmentin, cefixime/cefuroxime, quinolone-ciprofloxacin, azythromycin, trim/sulf


severe - 3rd gen cephalosporin, beta lactamase

Haemophilus ducreyi - chancroid - STD

Erythromycin


Azithromycin

Aggregatibacter aphrophilus - otitis media, conjunctivits, epiglottitis, pneumonia

penicillin/ampicillin

Aggregaticbacter actinomycetemcomitans - periodontitis, brain abscess

cephalosporins or quinolones

Cardiobacterium hominis - bulbous ends, n.f.URT



Eikenella corrodens - oral normal flora, oral infections, human bite wound infections



Kingella kingae - URT n.f., osteomyeltits, septicemia

penicillin for all 3

Pasteurella multocida - animal bite wound infection esp. cat bite

penicillin or tetracylcine

Francisella tularensis (tick, animal, food/wat, terr)


fever, chills, HA, myalgia, arthralgia,


ulceroglandular form - skin/oral lesions, painful lymphadenopathy


pneumonic form - chest pain, pneumonia, hemptysis


ocular, pharyngeal, sepsis, meningitis

Streptomycin or Gentamicin


alternatives - doxycycline, ciprofloxacine, chloramphenicol

Brucella melitensis - fever, malaise, night sweats, myalgia, anorexia, osteomyelitis, endocarditis,

Doxycylcine + rifampin (or Gentamicin)

Legionella - multifocal acute fibrinopurulent pneumonitis ----survives in phagocytes

Azithromycin, ciprofloxacin

Bordetella pertussis


- catarrhal stage, paroxysmal, convalescent


antibiotics not effective after catarrhal stage

Erythromycin


Azithromycin


trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole

Vibrio cholerae - acute profuse watery diarrhea, dehydration, acidosis, oliguria, hypotension, altered mentation, 25-50% mortality untreated

rehydrate


tetracycline, doxycycline, quinolones, or trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole

Vibrio vulnificus - wound infections, septicemia


Vibrio alginolyticus - wound infections


Vibrio parahemolyticus - gastroenteritis, wound


***exposure to the sea

chloramphenicol


tetracycline


gentamicin

Aeromonas hydrophila,


Aeromonas caviae


Aeromonas veronii


*fresh or salt water, sewage, leeches

beta lactams besides ampicillin (R to ampicillin)


quinolones


trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole


tetracycline

Plesiomonas shigelloides - watery diarrhea, wound infection, meningits

quinolones, trimethoprim/sulfa, cephalosporin


R to ampicillin

Campylobacter jejuni - diarrhea w blood and pus, abd pain, fever, Guillein-barre

rehydrate


Erythromycin, other macrolides, quinolones

Helobacter pylori - antric gastritis, peptic ulcers

PPI + amoxicillin + clarithromicin


PPI + bismuth salt + tetracycline + metronidazole



PPI = proton pump inhibitor

Acinetobacter baumanii- tracheobronchitis, pneumonia ----- after war in Iraq

trim/sulfa


amp/sulbactam


colistin


tigecycline


imipenem-cilastatin (a carbapenem) - cilastatin inhibits renal dihydropeptidase

Moraxella catarrhalis symptoms

sinusitis, otitis media, bronchitis,

Mycobacterium leprae - Hansen disease

**Dapsone


rifampin


clofazimine


minocycline

Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare (MAI, MAC) - lung infection

clarithromycin, azithromycin


TB drugs: rifampin, rigabutin, ethambutol,


quinolones - ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin


amikacin

Mycobacterium kansasii

Isoniazid Rifampin Ethambutol - 18 months


Resistant to Pyrazinomide

Rapidly growing mycobacterium


Mycobacterium abscessus,


Mycobacterium fortuitum,


Mycobacterium chelonae

amikacin, ciprofloxacin, sulfonamides, cefoxitin, imipenem, doxycycline, linezolid, clarithromycin, tigecycline

Mycobacterium marinum - skin infections after water-associated trauma

excision or clarythromicin

Mycobacteriae gordonae

tap water bacillus