ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE

Microbe Diseases caused Antibiotics that don’t work

Streptococcus Meningitis,

Aminoglycosides,

pneumoniae pneumonia cephalosporins,

chloramphenicol,

erythromycin,

penicillins,

tetracycline,

trimethoprim/sulphamethoxazole

Staphylococcus Blood poisoning,

All but aureus surgical infections, vancomycin pneumonia

Enterococcus Blood poisoning, Aminoglycosides,

surgical infections cephalosporins,

erythromycin,

penicillins,

tetracycline,

vancomycin

Haemophilus Meningitis, Chloramphenicol,

influenzae ear infections, penicillins,

pneumonia, tetracycline,

sinusitis trimethoprim/

sulphamethoxazole

Microbacterium Tuberculosis Aminoglycosides,

tuberculosis ethambutol,

isoniazid,

pyrazinamide,

rifampin

Shigella Severe diarrhea Ampicillin,

dysenteriae chloramphenicol,

tetracycline,

trimethoprim/

sulphamethoxazole

Plasmodium Malaria Chloroquine

falciparum

Neisseria Gonorrhea Penicillins,

gonorrhoea spectinomycin,

tetracycline