Bacteria and their causes,antibiotics Flashcards
(26 cards)
streptococcus +ve
flesh eating bacteria (pyogenes)
Pneumonia (pneumoniae)
neonatal sepsis and meningitis (Group B)
Staphylococcus aureus +ve
NOTE: all bacteria with ‘cocc’ in name is gram +ve and ‘clostridium’
Abcess, TSS,food poisoning
osteomyelitis (inflammation of bone or bone marrow due to infection)
endocarditis (inflammation of endocardium)
clostridium +ve
- gas gangrene (perfingens)
- diarrhoea (difficile)
Neisseria -ve
meningitis and septicaemia (blood poisoning caused by bacteria and toxins)
gonorrhoea (venereal (relating to sexual intercourse) disease involving inflammatory discharge from urethra or vagina)
Escherichia coli -ve
watery diarrhoea
renal failure
salmonella spp. -ve
gastroenteritis (inflammation of stomach and intestines) typhoid fever (eruption of spots on chest and abdomen and severe intestinal irritation)
shigella -ve
dysentery (infected intestines causing bloody diarrhoea and mucus in faeces)
pseudomonas aeruginosa -ve
inflammation and sepsis
legionella spp -ve
fever
influenza (infection of respiratory passages)
legionellosis-caused by legionella bacteria showing influenza like symptoms
helicobacter pylori -ve
ulcers especially in duodenum (small intestine)
peptic ulcer-lesion (damage) in digestive tract-e.g. stomach or intestine caused by pepsin and stomach acid
bacteroids spp
abcesses (pus spots)
chlamydia spp
chlamydia= disease affecting gonads
mycobacterium tuberculosis and leprae ACID FAST
TB
leprosy
streptococcus pyogenes +ve
flesh eating bacteria
Group B streptococci +ve
neonatal meningitis and sepsis
streptococcus pneumoniae +ve
pneumonia
meningitis in the elderly
sepsis
endocarditis (inflammation of endocardium-membrane lining inside chambers of heart and forms surface of valves)
clostridium perfingens +ve
gas gangrene
clostridium difficile +ve
diarrhoea
neisseria meningitidis -ve
septicaemia and meningitis in CHILDREN,ADULTS and ELDERLY
neisseria gonorrhoea -ve
gonorrhoea leading to epididymitis (inflammation of coiled tubes (epididymis) at back of testicle that stores and carries sperm)
what 5 antibiotics act on bacterial cell walls?
penicillin,amoxicillin, flucloxacillin
cephalexin and vancomycin
which 3 antibiotics affect bacterial protein synthesis?
gentamicin, erythromycin, tetracycline
which antibiotic affects bacterial DNA?
ciprofloxacin
which antibiotic affects bacterial RNA polymerase?
rifampicin
