AntiBacterials Flashcards
Drugs under Penicillin?
Penicillin (G&V), Cloxacillin, Methicillin, Ampicillin, Amoxicillin
What is the Spectrum for Penicillin?
Broad or Narrow
What is the Action of Penicillin?
Bacterialcidal
What are the Toxicities of Penicillin?
Allergic rxn, fatal diarrhea in rodents and rabbits, disrupt GIT
Drugs under Cephalosporin?
Cephalexin, Ceftiofur
What is the Spectrum for Cephalosporin?
Broad or Narrow (depends on generation)
What is the Cephalosporin that is safe to be used in food animals?
Ceftiofur
What is the action of Cephalosporin?
Bacterialcidal
What are the Toxicities of Cephalosporin?
GIT upset, allergic rxn, Ceftiofur WD: 2 days
Drugs under Tetracyclines?
Tetracycline, oxytetracycline, doxytetracycline, chlortetracycline
What Spectrum is Tetracyclines?
Broad
What is the Action of Tetracyclines?
Bacteriostatic
What are the Toxicities or Tetracyclines?
GIT upset, tooth discolouration, esophageal stricture in cats
Drugs under Sulfonamides?
Sulfaquinolone, Sulfamethazine, Sulfa+Trimethoprim
What Spectrum is Sulfonamides?
Effective against some G+ and G- aerobes
What is the Action of Sulfonamides?
Bacteriostatic
What are the Toxicities in Sulfonamides?
KCS in dogs, salivation & gastric ulcers in cats
Drugs under Aminoglycocides?
Neomycin, Streptomysin, Amikacin, Gentamicin, Kanamycin
What Spectrum is Aminoglycocides?
Narrow (G-)