Anti-TB Flashcards
Name all the Anti-TB/leprosy antimicrobials
Rifampin Isoniazid Pyrazinamide Ethambutol Streptomycin Bedaquiline Azithromycin Dapsone
Name all the Anti-diarrheal drugs
Rifamixin
Fidaxomicin
Metronidazole
Vancomycin
MOA of Isoniazid
Decrease synthesis of mycolic acid
Must be activated by TB catalase oxidase enzyme
Clinical use of Isoniazid/Toxicity and contraindications of Isoniazid
TB prophylaxis
Neurotoxicity due to B6 deficiency – Vit B6 to prevent neurotoxicity
Hepatotoxic
No alcohol
INH = Injures neurons and hepatocytes
Pyrazinamide
bacteriostatic
Inhibits mycolic acid synthesis
Requires acidic pH to acitvate
Clinical use of pyrazinamide/Toxicity and contraindications of Pyrazinamide
TB
Hepatotoxicity
Gout
Do not use if pregnant
MOA of Ethambutol
Bacteriostatic
Inhibit arbinosol transferase
Clinical use of ethambutol/Toxicity and contraindications of ehtambutol
TB
Ocular toxicity –> blindness
Crosses BBB
MOA of Streptomycin
**in another set of flashcards too
Inhibits 30s subunit
Clinical use of streptomycin/Toxicity and contraindications of Streptomycin
TB
Ototoxic –> deafness
Do not use if pregnant
MOA of Bedaquiline
inhibit mycobacterial ATP synthase
Clinical use of Bedaquiline/Toxicity and contraindications of bedaquiline
TB
N/V, headache, arthralgias
MOA of Azithromycin ** in another set of flashcards too
Inhibit 50s
Clinical use of Azithromycin/Toxicity and contraindications of Azitrhomycin
TB
Prolonged QT, acute cholestatic hepatitis
MOA of Dapsone
inhibits bacterial dihydrofolate synthesis