Anti Tuberculosis Flashcards
Medium for TB culture
Lowenstein Jensen
TB characteristic in colony
Serpentine growth
TB Drugs
Isoniazid Rifampicin Pyrazinamide Ethambutol Streptomycin
Isonicotinic acid hydrazide
Isoniazid
Inhibits mycolic acid
Inhibits the enzyme desaturase (bacilli cell wall synthesis)
Isoniazid
Isoniazid absorption impaired by
intake of antacid
Isoniazid is an enzyme
inhibitor
Isonizid inhibits CYP450 and increases concentration of
Phenytoin
Warfarin
Benzodiazepine
Isoniazid adverse effects
SLE Hepatotoxicity Neurotoxicity (Peripheral neuritis) Rashes Crosses placenta and can cause peripheral neuritis
Antidote for Isoniazid-induced peripheral neuritis
Vitamin B6 Pyridoxine
Metabolites of isoniazid
Acetylisoniazid
Acetylhydrazine
Hydrazine
Most active agent of the TB regimen
Rifampin
Obtained from streptomyces mediterranei
Inhibits B subunit of DNA depedent RNA polymerase
Inhibits RNA/protein synthesis
Rifampin
Rifampin is an enzyme
inducer of CYP450
Used in meningococci, leprosy, Legionnaire’s disease
Rifampin/Rifampicin
Causes red orange urine and tears
Rifampin
Rifampicin SE
Red orange urine and tears
Rash, fever, flulike symptoms
Used for prophylaxis of meningococcemia
Rifampicin
Firstl line for short term TB treatment
Pyrazinamide
Pyrazinecarboxamide
Adverse effect of Pyrazinamide
Hepatotoxicity
Must be enzymatically hydrolyzed to pyrazinoic acid its active form
Pyrazinamide
Unknown mechanism
Bacteriostatic
Inhibition of mycobaterial arabinosyl transferase enzyme
Inhibits arabinoglycan (important for bacilli cell wall synthesis)
Ethambutol