ABX and MOA stuff Flashcards
What are the beta lactams?
PCN’s and Cephalosporins (except Vancomycin)
What abx are water soluble.
PCN (except for nafcillin)
Are protein synthesis inhibitors bacteriostatic or bactericidal?
Bacteriostatic (except for aminoglycosides)
All cocci are gram ?
Positive (but for neisseria)
All bacilli are gram ?
Negative (but for A,B,T,D or anthrax, botulism, tetanus, and diphtheria)
What abx are used for intracellular bacteria?
Tetracyclines, macrolides.
What abx do you want to avoid using with pregnancy? FATS
Fleuroquinolones, aminoglycosides, tetracyclines, Sulfonamides
Which drugs are most associated with C. Diff (pseudomembranous colitis)? Think “C”
Clindamycin, cephalosporins, ciprofloxacin
What other class of abx should you avoid if a pt has a PCN allergy?
Cephalosporins
What drugs are bacteriostatic? ECSTaTIC
Erythromycin, clindamycin, sulphonamides, tetracyclines, trimethoprim, chloramphenicol
What drugs are bactericidal? Very Finely Proficient At Cell Murder
Vancomycin, fleuroquinolones, penicillins, aminoglycocides, cephalosporins, metronidazole
Gram + cocci include…
Staph and strep
Gram - cocci include…
Coxiella, rickettsia, neisseria, gonorrhea
Gram + rods include…
Corynebacterium, listeria, bacillus, actinomyces, nocardia, clostridium
Gram - rods include…
Bordetella, pseudomonas, francisella, brucella, bartonella, helicobacter, shigella, legionella, enterobacter, yersinia, proteus, haemophilus, salmonella, klebsiella, vibrio, serratia, escherichia, bacteroides
Vancomycin
G+
Clindamycin
G+, anaerobes