Anti-Effectives Flashcards
Drug of choice for pregnant women with a bacterial infection.
Tobramycin - (Tobrex or TobraDEX)
Aminoglycoside used for severe eye infections and cannot use while operating heavy machinery
Gentamycin
Major side effect of Gentamycin and causes increase of the intragranial pressure
Pseudotumor cerebri
Aminoglycosides cause weakness in what type of autoimmune neuromuscular disorder
Myasthenia Gravis
What type of hypersensitivity is related to Neomycin usage?
Type 4
What 2 drugs inactivate Aminoglycosides?
Penicillins and Cephlasporins
What is the best pregnant drug used for Blepharitis?
Azithromycin (Best used for Preg B)
What type of drug will increase levels of Theophylline?
Macrolides
Note: Rise in Theophylline will increase metabolism
What bacteriostatic drug will cause grey baby syndrome?
Chloramphenicol
Note: Bacteriostatic
Which drug type becomes more Gram + as new generations get created?
Fluoroquinolones
What type of FQ is great for Bacterial Keratitis?
Levofloxacin
What is the best type of FQ to use on Paediatric infections?
Moxifloxacin
What type of FQ causes white corneal precipitates?
Ciprofloxacin
What type of drug inhibits Dihydropteroate synthase?
Sulfonamides - acts as a competitive antagonist
What drug inhibits Dihydrofolate reductase and doesn’t aloow THF to be created?
Trimethoprine or Pyrimethamine
What drug is the first line of defense against MRSA?
Trimethoprine
True or False. Sulfonamides are structural analogs of Maba?
False. They are analogs of PABA