Streptococcus: Drug Therapy

Therapeutic targets

  • Elimination of the pathogens
  • Avoidance of complications

Therapy recommendations

  • Antibiosis (note: antibiotic selection based on pathogen species and patient age).
  • Means of first choice for Streptococcus pyogenes, ~ viridans, pneumococci: penicillin G + V.
  • Means of first choice for Streptococcus agalacticae: penicillin G.
  • See also under “Further therapy“.

AntibioticsAntibiotics are drugs that are administered when an infection with a bacterium is present. They act either bacteriostatic, by inhibiting the growth of bacteria or bactericidal, that is, they kill the bacteria. Important representatives of this group of drugs are penicillin or cephalosporins. Penicillin is the drug of choice for infections with streptococci.