Antibacterial Agents IV: DNA Function Inhibitors Flashcards
What drugs interact with Metronidazole?
inhibitors and inducers of CYP450
Tx for Giardia lamblia giardiasis?
Metronidazole
Give an example of resistance due to escape.
Sulfonamides are noncompetitively antagonized by methionine, homocysteine, serine, purines, and thymine
What are the adverse rxns for Nitrofurantoin use?
GI upset, occasionally hypersensitivity rxns, neuropathy, birth defects
Tx of Pseudomonas aeruginosa burn infections?
topical silver sulfadiazine
Why are Sulfonamides selectively toxic?
humans don’t synthesize their own folic acid
Tx of Plasmodium (resistant) malaria?
sulfadoxine + pyrimethamime
How do the Sulfonamides work?
they’re analogs of PABA that competitively inhibit dihydropteroate synthetase (enzyme used to synthesize folic acid)
What drug can predispose neonates to kernicterus? Why?
Sulfonamides; its protein binding displaces bilirubin
Tx of MRSA skin infections?
TMP/SMX
Name the Abx that inhibit DNA function (4).
- fluoroquinolones (-floxacin) 2. Nitrofurantoin 3. Metronidazole 4. Sulfonamides (Sulfa-)
Sulfonamides have synergy with _____, which inhibits dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR).
trimethoprim (TMP)
What is the tx for Staph. aureus (MSSA) skin infections?
levofloxacin, moxifloxacin, gemifloxacin (respiratory quinolones)
Inhibitors of _____ have increased potential for human toxicity.
dihydrofolic acid reductase
Tx for Entamoeba histolytica amebiasis?
Metronidazole
Tx for C. diff diarrhea, pseudomembranous colitis?
Metronidazole
Sulfonamides have synergy with trimethoprim (TMP), which inhibits _____.
dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR)
Name the 4 fluoroquinolones.
- ciprofloxacin 2. levofloxacin 3. gemifloxacin 4. moxifloxacin
Name 3 methods of resistance that Sulfonamides use?
- acquired (increased PABA or altered DHPS) 2. escape (end products from pus) 3. natural (no folic acid req = not susceptible)
Tx for Clost. perfringens gas gangrene, food poisoning?
Metronidazole
Tx for Trichomonas vaginalis trichomoniasis?
Metronidazole
What is the mechanism of action of the fluoroquinolones?
inhibits DNA gyrase and topo IV
Tx for Helicobacter pylori gastritis, peptic ulcers?
Metronidazole
Tx of U.C.?
sulfasalazine
Tx of Moraxella catarrhalis otitis media?
TMP/SMX
What are the adverse rxns for the fluoroquinolones?
GI upset, CNS issues, QT elongation, skin rashes, abn glucose, tendon rupture, arthropathies
What is TMX/SMX?
trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole combo drug (sulfonamide class)