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Antibacterial Agents IV: DNA Function Inhibitors Flashcards

1
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What drugs interact with Metronidazole?

A

inhibitors and inducers of CYP450

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Tx for Giardia lamblia giardiasis?

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Metronidazole

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Give an example of resistance due to escape.

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Sulfonamides are noncompetitively antagonized by methionine, homocysteine, serine, purines, and thymine

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What are the adverse rxns for Nitrofurantoin use?

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GI upset, occasionally hypersensitivity rxns, neuropathy, birth defects

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3
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Tx of Pseudomonas aeruginosa burn infections?

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topical silver sulfadiazine

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Why are Sulfonamides selectively toxic?

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humans don’t synthesize their own folic acid

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5
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Tx of Plasmodium (resistant) malaria?

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sulfadoxine + pyrimethamime

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How do the Sulfonamides work?

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they’re analogs of PABA that competitively inhibit dihydropteroate synthetase (enzyme used to synthesize folic acid)

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6
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What drug can predispose neonates to kernicterus? Why?

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Sulfonamides; its protein binding displaces bilirubin

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6
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Tx of MRSA skin infections?

A

TMP/SMX

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Name the Abx that inhibit DNA function (4).

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  1. fluoroquinolones (-floxacin) 2. Nitrofurantoin 3. Metronidazole 4. Sulfonamides (Sulfa-)
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7
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Sulfonamides have synergy with _____, which inhibits dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR).

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trimethoprim (TMP)

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What is the tx for Staph. aureus (MSSA) skin infections?

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levofloxacin, moxifloxacin, gemifloxacin (respiratory quinolones)

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8
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Inhibitors of _____ have increased potential for human toxicity.

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dihydrofolic acid reductase

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Tx for Entamoeba histolytica amebiasis?

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Metronidazole

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Tx for C. diff diarrhea, pseudomembranous colitis?

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Metronidazole

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10
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Sulfonamides have synergy with trimethoprim (TMP), which inhibits _____.

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dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR)

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Name the 4 fluoroquinolones.

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  1. ciprofloxacin 2. levofloxacin 3. gemifloxacin 4. moxifloxacin
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Name 3 methods of resistance that Sulfonamides use?

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  1. acquired (increased PABA or altered DHPS) 2. escape (end products from pus) 3. natural (no folic acid req = not susceptible)
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Tx for Clost. perfringens gas gangrene, food poisoning?

A

Metronidazole

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Tx for Trichomonas vaginalis trichomoniasis?

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Metronidazole

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15
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What is the mechanism of action of the fluoroquinolones?

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inhibits DNA gyrase and topo IV

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16
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Tx for Helicobacter pylori gastritis, peptic ulcers?

A

Metronidazole

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16
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Tx of U.C.?

A

sulfasalazine

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17
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Tx of Moraxella catarrhalis otitis media?

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TMP/SMX

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What are the adverse rxns for the fluoroquinolones?

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GI upset, CNS issues, QT elongation, skin rashes, abn glucose, tendon rupture, arthropathies

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What is TMX/SMX?

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trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole combo drug (sulfonamide class)

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20
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Tx of Norcardia nocardiosis?

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sulfisoxazole, sulfadiazine

21
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What is the tx for Moraxella catarrhalis sinusitis, bronchitis?

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levofloxacin

21
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What is the tx for Chlamydia trachoma, C.A. pneumonia, urethritis?

A

moxifloxacin, gemifloxacin

22
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Why do antacids negatively affect fluoroquinolones?

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they reduce oral absorption of cipro

23
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What is the tx for Myco. pneumoniae C.A. pneumonia?

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moxifloxacin, gemifloxacin

24
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Why do Sulfonamides have a delayed onset of action?

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the folate stores have to be depleted

25
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How is Metronidazole absorbed, distributed, and metabolized?

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GI not affected by food; good dist including CSF and bone; hepatic metabolism

27
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What is the tx for Bacilllis anthracis anthrax?

A

ciprofloxacin

28
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Sulfonamides are ____ spectrum Abx.

30
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How are fluoroquinolones absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and excreted?

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A: orally or parenterally D: into most tissues, including bone, fat, muscle, prostate, repro organs, and urine M: minimal E: kidney

31
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____ should cease until 24-48 hours post Metronidazole therapy because _____.

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Breast feeding; it can be carcinogenic

32
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Is Metronidazole bactericidal or bacteriostatic?

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bactericidal

33
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Combination use of Sulfonamides + trimethoprim (TMP) is BACTERIOSTATIC/BACTERICIDAL.

A

BACTERICIDAL

34
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Trimethoprim (TMP), used with sulfonamides, is also used in combination with _____.

A

sulfamethoxazole

36
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What is Nitrofurantoin used for?

36
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Are Sulfonamides bacteriostatic or bactericidal?

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bacteriostatic

38
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What is the tx for Strep. pneumoniae pneumonia, chronic bronchitis, acute sinusitis?

A

levofloxacin, moxifloxacin, gemifloxacin (respiratory quinolones)

40
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Which drug is contraindicated in pregnancy and in children under 18yo?

A

fluoroquinolones

42
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Why is Nitrofurantoin selectively toxic?

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mammalian enzymes don’t reduce Nitrofurantoin as rapidly

44
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What are the adverse rxns for Metronidazole?

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nausea, dry mouth, headache, metallic taste, candida superinfections

45
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Where do bacteria obtain methionine, homocysteine, serine, purines, and thymine used to escape (resistance)?

46
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How does resistance to fluoroquinolones occur, and how often?

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point mutations in the binding site on DNA gyrase, or a change in drug permeability- plasma mediated; 10^7-10^9 organisms

47
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What is the absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of the sulfonamides?

A

well absorbed from the GI tract on an empty stomach but with plenty of fluids; distributed widely in body water including pleural, ocular, synovial fluid, and CSF- crosses placenta; N-acetylated to inactive compound; excreted by kidney with increasing pH and in breast milk

48
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Which drugs interact with the fluoroquinolones?

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theophylline (esp with ciprofloxacin), antacids (with cipro)

49
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Tx of Shigella diarrhea?

A

TMP/SMX (preferred over quinolones in children)

51
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What is the mechanism of action for Metronidazole?

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transformed into a reactive nitro radical anion that breaks DNA and inhibits replication

52
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What happens to the urine in Nitrofurantoin use?

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it turns brown

53
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Tx of Klebsiella, Proteus, Enterobacter UTIs?

54
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What is the tx for Pseudomonas aeruginosa, E. coli, Klebsiella, Serratia, Proteus, Enterobacter, Shigella, Salmonella UTIs and traveler’s diarrhea?

A

ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin

55
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How does Nitrofurantoin work?

A

reduced by bacterial enzymes to intermediates that damage bacterial DNA

57
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Is Nitrofurantoin bacteriostatic or bactericidal?

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both, depending on the conc

58
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What is the tx for Richettsia rocky mountain spotted fever, Q fever?

A

moxifloxacin, gemifloxacin

59
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What are the 6 adverse rxns with Sulfonamides?

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  1. sensitization rxns 2. renal damage 3. hemolytic anemia in G6PD pts 4. GI upset 5. category C in pregnancy 6. drug interactions (bilirubin, oral anticoagulants, sulfonylurea hypoglycemic agents)
60
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______ have synergy with trimethoprim (TMP), which inhibits dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR).

A

Sulfonamides

61
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Tx for Bacteriodes fragilis intraabd and brain abscesses?

A

Metronidazole

62
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How is Nitrofurantoin absorbed and excreted?

A

complete from GI tract; into urine via filtration and excretion

64
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What is the tx for H. influenzae lower RI, pneumonia?

A

moxifloxacin, levofloxacin

64
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Tx of Staph. aureus conjunctivitis?

A

sulfacetamide

65
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What should be avoided during Metronidazole therapy?

A

alcohol, pregnancy, breast-feeding

67
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Tx of Chlamydia trachoma, C.A. pneumonia, urethritis?

68
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Choose: Fluoroquinolones are BACTERICIDAL/BACTERIOSTATIC.

A

bactericidal

69
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Tx of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia?

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