Abx and infections pt.1 Flashcards
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Normal Flora of Mouth
Gram +
› Viridans Group Streptococci
› Other Strep spps.
› Lactobacillus
› Actinomyces spps.
Gram-
› Prevotella spps.
gram state of most oral bac
* morph?
* Oxygen tolerance?
* Cell wall?
Gram Positive organisms:
* Bulk of oral bacteria
* Primarily cocci or irregular shape (pleomorphic)
* Oxygen tolerance varies from facultative anaerobes to strict anaerobes
* Cell wall has thick peptidoglycan layer
Three important genera of gram +
- Lactobacillus
- Streptococcus
- Actinomyces
Actinomyces: O2, where?
Actinomyces - facultative anaerobe; periodontal pockets, dental plaques, on carious teeth
Lactobacillus -O2, where?
Lactobacillus - facultative anaerobe; produce lactic acid; role in dentine caries rather than enamel caries
Streptococcus - O2, where?
Streptococcus - facultative anaerobic cocci; produce lactic acid some implicated in caries
Streptococci Species in the Oral Cavity
Oral streptococci are referred to as viridans streptococci (Streptococcus viridans)
› Isolated from all sights of the mouth, each species has specific properties for
colonizing different oral sites
› Large proportion of resident microflora
bad streptococci of the mouth
- Acid?
- Highly associated with?
- Bacterial communities collected from dentin carious lesions contain?
Strep mutans:
* Acidogenic (acid producing) and aciduric (acid tolerant) species
* Highly associated with caries (+++)
* Bacterial communities collected from dentin carious lesions contain notorious
acidogenic and aciduric species, including S. mutans, Scardovia wiggsiae, Parascardovia
denticolens, and Lactobacillus salivarius
good strep spp?
- First oral organisms?
*relation with us? - portective?
- First oral organisms detected in newborn infants (primary colonizers)
- Commensals
- Peroxigenic (produce hydrogen peroxide) inhibits the growth of S. mutans and Porphyromonas gingivalis, and other oral pathogens
- often killed by abx
strep sinugiunas and viridans
Gram Negative organisms of the mouth
* Many Gram-negative bacteria found in the mouth, especially in?
* O2? most important ones are?
* E sources?
* Cell wall?
- Many Gram-negative bacteria found in the mouth, especially in
established/subgingival plaque ESTABLISHED INFECTIONS - Range of oxygen tolerance but most important strict or facultative anaerobes
- Some fermentative, produce acids which other organisms use acids as an
energy source, others produce enzymes which break down tissue - Cell wall different to Gram positive with a thin peptidoglycan layer, has B-
lactamase which breaks down penicillin, also has LPS/endotoxin
gram - spp of oral cavity
what can they found with?
- Porphyromonas: P. gingivalis major periodontal pathogen, produces collagenase
- Prevotella: P. intermedia a periodontal pathogen
- Fusobacterium: F. nucleatum periodontal pathogen
- Actinobacillus/Aggregatibacter: A.actinomycetemcomitans associated with aggressive periodontitis and prduces leukotoxin while also enhancing osteoclast activity
- Treponema: group important in acute periodontal conditions i.e ANUG
- Neisseria
- Veillonella
progression of oral infections
move from mainly gram+ aerobes to more gram - anerobes
what Abx works for all oral bac
augmentin
penicillin typical spectrum
mainly gram + (strep, actino, peptostrep) some gram - but possible resistance
what gram - can penicillin cover (possible R)
what gram - is not covered by penicillin
porphyromanas
bacterioides (anaerobes)
neiserria
aggregibacter
amoxicillin coverage
covers gram + (strep, lacto, actino, pepto)
good/SR with some gram -
what gram - can amox cover
neiserria
what gram - is not covered by amox
bacterioides (anaerobes)
aggregibacter
cephlexin coverage
viridans strep
strep spp
peptostrep
Lacto and actino are questionable
does cephlexin have any gram - cover
NO
questionable with prevotella and fuso
cefaclor spp coverage
viridans strep
peptostrep
strep spp
lacto
actino maybe
and gram - cover of fusobacterium and aggregibacter
clindamyacin coverage
what does clinda not cover
neiserria and aggregibacter