Anti Infectives Flashcards
What are the anaerobic protozoa?
- Entamoeba histolytica (amebiasis)
- invasive colitis/ dysentery
- liver abcess
- Giardia lamblia (giardiasis)
- diarrhea
- Trichomonas vaginalis (STD)
Which drugs are used to treat Entamoeba, Giardia, and Trichomonas infection?
- Metronidazole
- Tinidazole
- Nitazoxanide
- Giardia only? (see p4 of notes)
- Cryptosporiodosis helminths
- Anaerobic bacteria
Metronidazole
- MOA
- IND
- SE
- MOA
- generates ROS using paracytic enzymes
- IND
- Anaerobic protozoa (Entamoeba, Giardia, Trichomonas)
- SE
- Disulfiram effects with alcohol
- blocks acetaldehyde dehydrogenase
- CNS effects (rare)
- Disulfiram effects with alcohol
Tinidazole
- MOA
- IND
- MOA
- generates ROS using parasitic enzymes
- IND
- metronidazole-resistant anaerobic protozoa
- Entamoeba
- Giardia
- Trichomonas
- metronidazole-resistant anaerobic protozoa
Nitazoxanide
- MOA
- IND
- SE
- MOA
- inhibits enzyme that converts pyruvate to acetyl CoA (starves it?)
- IND
- Broad spectrum:
- Giardiasis
- Cryptosporiodosis
- Helminths
- Anaerobic bacteria
- Broad spectrum:
- SE
- GI upset
What are the therapeutic uses of Chloroquine?
- Erythrocytic forms of Plasmodium (covers all those listed in notes)
- Prophylaxis and Treatment
What is the MOA of Chloroquine?
- Inhibits heme polymerization
- cannot remove parasitic waste from compartment
- parasite dies
What are the contraindications of Chloroquine?
- Epilepsy
- Myesthenia Gravis
- Psoriasis
- G6PD deficiency
- causes hemolysis
Chloroquine
- MOA
- IND
- SE
- CON
- MOA
- Inhibits heme polymerization
- cannot remove parasitic waste from compartment
- parasite dies
- Inhibits heme polymerization
- IND
- Erythrocytic forms of Plasmodium (covers all those listed in notes)
- Prophylaxis and Treatment
- SE
- Hemolysis in G6PD deficiency
- CON
- Epilepsy
- Myesthenia gravis
- Psoriasis
What is the MOA of Quinine/ Quinidine?
- Inhibits heme polymerization
- cannot remove parasitic waste from compartment
- parasite dies
What are the indications of Quinine/ Quinidine?
- **Active **disease only!
- Erythrocytic forms of Plasmodium
- Chloroquine- resistant strains
What are the side effects of Quinine/ Quinidine use?
prolonged Q-T
What are the contraindications of Quinine/ Quinidine use?
- Epilepsy
- Myasthenia gravis
- Tinnitis
- Optic neuritis
- G6PD deficiency
- causes hemolysis
Quinine/Quinidine
- MOA
- IND
- SE
- CON
- MOA
- Inhibits heme polymerization
- cannot remove parasitic waste from compartment
- parasite dies
- Inhibits heme polymerization
- IND
- Active disease only!
- Erythrocytic forms of Plasmodium
- Chloroquine- resistant strains
- SE
- Long QT interval
- CON
- Epilepsy
- Myasthenia gravis
- Tinnitis
- Optic neuritis
- G6PD deficiency
- causes hemolysis
What is the MOA of Primaquine?
- Inhibits mitochondrial electron transport chain
What are the indications for Primaquine?
- Prophylaxis
- Hepatic forms of malaria (hypnozoites)
- P. vivax
- P. ovale
- Prevents relapse
What are the side effects of Primaquine?
methemoglobinemia
What are the contraindications of Primaquine?
- Pregnancy
- G6PD deficiency
- causes hemolysis
Primaquine
- MOA
- IND
- SE
- CON
- MOA
- Mitochondrial electron transport inhibitor
- IND
- Prophylaxis
- Eradicates hepatic forms of malaria
- hypnozoites of P. vivax and P. ovale
- Used to prevent relapse
- SE
- Methemoglobinemia
- CON
- Pregnancy
- G6PD deficiency
- causes hemolysis
Sulfadiazine + Pyrimethamine
- MOA
- IND
- MOA
- inhibits folate metabolism (THFR)
- IND
- Toxoplasma
- does not eliminate encysted form
- Toxoplasma
What are nematodes?
Round worms
What are Cestodes?
Flat worms
(ex: tapeworm)
What are Trematodes?
Flukes
(Ex: schistosomiasis)
Wood flute = made from Tree = Treematodes are Flukes
What is the MOA of Ivermectin?
- Kills larvae only!
- does not cure
- Induces paralysis via glutamate-gated Cl- channels that release GABA in the neuromuscular junction
What are the indications of Ivermectin?
- Nemotodes only!
- DOC: Onchoceriasis (river blindness)
- Strongyloidiasis
- Cutaneous larvae migrans
- Scabies
What are the side effects of Ivermectin use?
- Mazzotti-type rxn
- urticaria
- tachycardia
- hypoTN
- Can affect mammalian GABA receptors in BBB is impaired
Ivermectin
- MOA
- IND
- SE
- CON
- MOA
- Kills larvae stage only!
- Induces paralysis via Cl- channels found only in invertabrates
- increases GABA
- IND
- Nematodes only!
- DOC: onchocerciasis (river blindness)
- Strongyloidiasis
- Cutaneous larvae migrans
- Scabies
- Nematodes only!
- SE
- Mazzotti type rxn
- urticardia, tachycardia, hypoTN
- Mazzotti type rxn
- CON
- affects mammalian GABA receptors in BBB is impaired
Ivan takes Ivermectin
- Ivan from Sn Lorenzo gets river blindness and is cured by Italian Dr. Mazzotti
What are the mechanisms of resistance to Ivermectin?
- increased expression of P-glycoprotein (P-gp)
- Change in the glutamate-gated Cl- channels
Pyrantel Pamoate
- MOA
- IND
- MOA
- Depolarizing neuromuscular blocker
- results in paralysis
- parasite release
- passes out of host
- Depolarizing neuromuscular blocker
- IND
- Nematodes
- hookworm
- pinworm
- Nematodes
P’s: Pyrantel Pamoate causes Paralysis in Pinworms
What drug is good for fighting GI worms?
Mebendazole
(low absorption)
What is the MOA of Mebendazole?
- Binds nemotodal ß tubulin
- Inhibits microtubule polymerization
- Poorly absorbed in GI: good for battling GI worms
What are the indications of Mebendazole?
- Nemotodes
- Cestode larva
- DOC: Cysticercosis
- DOC: Echinococcosis
Mebendazole
- MOA
- IND
- SE
- MOA
- binds nematodal ß tubulin
- inhibits microtubule polmerization
- Poorly absorbed in GI: good for battling GI worms
- IND
- Nematodes
- Cestodal larva
- DOC: Cysticercosis
- DOC: Echinococcosis
- SE
- vomiting
Praziquantel
- MOA
- IND
- CON
- MOA
- paralysis of worms
- IND
- DOC: flatworms
- DOC: schistosomiasis
- DOC: liver flukes
- CON
- Ocular cysticercosis (tapeworm larvae in eye)
- host response damages eye
- Ocular cysticercosis (tapeworm larvae in eye)
What is the DOC to treat flatworms?
Prazequantel
What is the DOC to treat schistosomiasis?
Prazequantel
What is the DOC to treat liver flukes?
Prazequantel
What is the DOC to treat Cysticercosis?
Mebendazole
What is the DOC to treat Echinococcosis?
Mebendazole
Which drug is used to treat hookworms and pinworms?
Pyrantel
What is the DOC to treat onchocerciasis (river blindness)?
Ivermectin
What drug combination is used to treat toxoplasma?
Sulfadiazine + Pyrimethamine
Which drug is used to eradicate the hypnozoites of P. vivax and P. ovale?
Primaquine
(these are the hepatic forms of malaria)
Which drugs are used to treat Chloroquine- resistant strains of Erythrocytic forms of Plasmodium?
Quinine / Quinidine
What is the DOC to treat Erythrocytic forms of Plasmodium?
Chloroquine
What is the MOA of Flucytosine?
- Fungistatic
- Inhibits DNA synthesis
- cytosine analogue
- inhibits thymidylate synthase
What are the indications for Flucytosine?
- DOC: chromomycosis (combo w/ itraconazole)
- DOC: aspergillosis (combo w/ amphotericin B)
What are the side effects of Flucytosine use?
- Bone marrow suppression
- Cardiotoxic
- Teratogen
What are the contraindications of Flucytosine?
- Pregnancy
- teratogen
- Brivudine
- anti-viral
Flucytosine (5-FC)
- MOA
- IND
- SE
- CON
- MOA
- Fungistatic
- interferes with DNA synthesis
- cytosine analog
- inhibits thymidylate synthetase
- IND
- DOC: chromomycosis (combo w/ itraconazole)
- DOC: aspergillosis (combo w/ amphotericin B)
- SE
- BM suppression
- cardiotoxicity
- CON
- pregnancy (teratogen)
- Use with brivudine (anti-viral)