Treatment for Causative agents

Anaerobic infections

Metronidazole

Streptococci

Phenoxymethylpenicillin

Staphylococci

Flucloxacillin

MRSA

(Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus)

Vancomycin

Pseudomonas

Gentamicin

Antibiotics that can be used for Atypical pathogens

• Macrolides

• Tetracyclines

• Quinolones

(They target DNA replication)

Examples of atypical pathogens

• Mycoplasma pneumonia

• Chlamydia pneumonia

• Legionella pneumophilia

Abx that can NOT be used with Atypical pathogens

🚫Pencillins, cephalosporins & Carbapenems

(They target the cell walls but atypicals don’t have cell walls)

Pathogen that causes UTIs

Escherichia Coli (E.coli)

Pathogen that causes Thrush

Candida Albicans

Pathogen that causes Cellulitis

Staphylococcus Aureus