Varför får man antibiotika?

Innehållsförteckning:

1. Varför får man antibiotika?
2. Vad får man antibiotika mot?
3. What is Citrobacter in humans?
4. What are the possible sources of Citrobacter infection?
5. What are the signs and symptoms of Citrobacter infections?
6. How do you identify Citrobacter species?

Varför får man antibiotika?

Antibiotika är läkemedel som används för att behandla infektioner som orsakas av bakterier. Antibiotikaresistens innebär att bakterier utvecklar motståndskraft mot antibiotika. Det är ett allvarligt och växande folkhälsoproblem både i Sverige och i världen.

Vad får man antibiotika mot?

Antibiotika är läkemedel som används för att behandla infektioner orsakade av bakterier. Infektioner kan också bero på virus eller svampar, men då fungerar inte antibiotika. Det finns flera olika typer av antibiotika.

What is Citrobacter in humans?

• Citrobacter organisms are enteric gram-negative rods that are closely related to Salmonella organisms. In humans, Citrobacter species are most often reported as a cause of meningitis in the neonate. Most cases are sporadic, although outbreaks have been described.

What are the possible sources of Citrobacter infection?

• Citrobacter are found in a variety of environmental sources, including soil and water, and in the human intestines. They are rarely the primary source of illness, though some strains can cause infections of the urinary tract, sepsis, and infant meningitis. Citrobacter species are not regarded as significant etiological agents in human disease.

What are the signs and symptoms of Citrobacter infections?

• Presenting symptoms were similar to those of UTI from other causes, including dysuria, fever, incontinence, frequency, flank pain, and hematuria. C. freundii accounted for 71% of cases, and C. koseri for the remainder. UTIs involving Citrobacter spp. and other enteric bacilli occurred in about 25% of patients.

How do you identify Citrobacter species?

• Culture is the traditional method of detecting Citrobacter spp. which grow well on normal media, are aerobic or facultative anaerobic, ferment glucose, produce catalase, but not oxidase, and are generally lactose-negative or later lactose-fermenting ( Greenwood, 2007 ).