Tuesday, 13 October 2009

Potentially pathogenic gut flora

We're happy with them in the bowel - not so happy when they get elsewhere.

Escherichia coli - Gram -ve rods
Enterococcus faecalis - Gram +ve cocci (formally streptococcus faecalis)
Pseudomonas - Gram -ve rods
Klebsiella - Gram -ve rods
Proteus - Gram -ve
Clostridium - Gram +ve rods
Bacteroides - Gram -ve rods

Initial treatment:

penicillin + gentamycin or
cephalosporin
+ metronidazole


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