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Antibiotic Classes and MOA Flashcards

1
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What are the targets for killing a cancer cell?

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DNA and Mitotic tubules

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2
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Do we want to target what we do in cancer cells when trying to kill bacteria?

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NO. Because bacterial cells have things in them that our cells don’t and therefore we can target that

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3
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What are some things we target in bacterial cells?

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  • Cell wall synthesis
  • Transcription and translation
  • DNA synthesis and integrity
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4
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What do bacteriostatic drugs do?

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  • Inhibits cell growth, does NOT kill the cell

- They slow down the spreading of the bacteria and then the immune system takes over for the rest

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5
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What do bactericidal drugs do?

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Kill bacteria

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6
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What do bacteriostatic drugs target?

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Protein synthesis (except aminoglycosides)

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7
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What do bactericidal drugs target?

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Cell wall synthesis

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8
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Who should get bacteriostatic drugs?

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  • Non-immune compromised

- Uncomplicated infections

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9
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Who should get bactericidal drugs?

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Immune compromised (particularly if life threatening infection)

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10
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How many drugs are bacterial infections usually treated with?

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1 drug

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11
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What is antibiotic synergism and when would you use it?

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  • Combination therapy (using 2+ antibiotics)
  • Can be critical for life-threatening infections
  • Infrequently would 2 antibiotics in the same class be used together
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12
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What is the MIC?

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  • Minimal inhibitory concentration (minimal effective dose)
  • When the curve drops below the MIC you must redose
  • how much drug you need to stop the bacteria from growing
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13
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When are concentration dependent antibiotics most effective?

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When they have a high peak concentration

  • Highest concentration kills
  • Aminoglycosides
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14
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When are time-dependent antibiotics most effective?

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When there is a long exposure to a drug

  • Longest duration over MIC kills
  • Beta-lactams
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15
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What makes up the cell wall?

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Peptidoglycan

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16
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Why is peptidoglycan a target for antibiotics?

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Three enzymes are needed to build the polymer and all three are targets for antibiotics

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17
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What is peptidoglycan made of?

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Two amino sugars in chain cross-linked to 5 amino acids

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18
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What are the two sugars in peptidoglycan and which has amino acids attached to it?

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NAG and NAM

-NAM has the amino acids on it

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19
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How are the sugars connected?

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They are cross-linked via 5 glycines and this is referred to as TRANSPEPTIDASE ENZYME

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20
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What is the target for beta lactam drugs?

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Transpeptidase enzyme

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21
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What are three reasons for antibiotic resistance to penicillin?

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  1. Bacteria developed “penicillinase enzymes”
  2. Bacteria have resistant transpeptidase enzymes
  3. Bacteria have multiple resistance patterns
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22
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What is the function of an OAT?

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Secretes penicillin drugs into urine, enhancing elimination

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23
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What is probenicid?

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  • OAT inhibitor
  • Using probenicid with penicillin helps prolong blood and tissue levels of the antibiotics, giving longer duration of efficacy
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24
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Why would you not want to give probenicid to a patient with a UTI?

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Because probenicid keeps the drug away from the urine so its not excreted, but with a UTI we want the drug to go to the urine

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25
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______ have surpassed the use of oral amino and natural penicillins.

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Oral Cephalosporins

26
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What are the two most common oral cephalosporins used currently?

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Cefdinir and Cefpodoxime (both are 3rd generation)

27
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Unless a resistant organism has been previously identified, what two generations of cephalosporins can be started for broad empiric coverage?

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3rd or 4th generation

28
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What generation are common pre-op antibiotics when viscera are not entered?

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1st generation

29
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Why is it necessary to use a different beta lactam antibiotic when treating a strept throat infection vs an E. coli UTI?

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Because even though all bacteria have the transpeptidase enzyme, different transpeptidase enzymes are found in different bacteria

30
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What are processes of the cell wall we target to kill the cell?

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  1. Transpeptidase (BLs)
  2. Transglycosylation (binds NAG-NAM units together)
  3. Transamination (binds the peptides to NAM)
31
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What is the action of vancomycin?

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Inhibits cell wall synthesis

  • Blocks transglycosylase (binding of NAM and NAG)
  • Blocks transpeptidase
  • Bactericidal
32
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Does vancomycin treat gram + or -?

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Gram + ONLY

33
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What route is vancomycin given?

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  • Poorly absorbed orally

- IV requires monitoring to prevent renal and ototoxcitiy

34
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What are the chemical properties of vancomycin?

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  • Glycopeptide
  • BIG molecule
  • Polar
  • Water soluble
35
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What is vancomycin used for?

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BIG GUN

  • Only used for severe or resistant gram positive infections
  • Sepsis due to strep. pneumo or MRSA
36
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What are potential side effects of vancomycin?

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  • Red man syndrome

- Renal and Oto toxic (too high blood levels of vancomycin can cause dead kidneys and deafness)

37
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Is vancomycin a concentration-dependent or time-dependent drug?

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Time-dependent

  • Its efficacy is primarily dependent on Duration of time above the MIC, not the Cpeak
  • Too high Cpeak is toxic!!!
38
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What drug class is daptomycin?

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Lipopeptide

39
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What is the action of daptomycin?

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Toxic to the cell wall and cell membrane

  • Binds to the membranes and disrupts non-polar permeability
  • Bactericidal
  • Won’t use unless consulted with infectious disease
40
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What is the action of fosfomycin?

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It blocks an early step in cell wall synthesis

41
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What is fosfomycin a good choice to treat?

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Uncomplicated UTI

*Beta-lactam allergies

42
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How can we target protein synthesis in bacterial cells without it hurting our own cells?

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Human ribosomes (which are responsible for protein synthesis) have 40s and 60s subunits while bacterial ribosomes have 30s and 50s ribosomes

43
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What drug classes are protein synthesis inhibitors?

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  • Tetracyclines (30s bacteriostatic)
  • Macrolides (50s bacteriostatic)
  • Aminoglycosides (30s bactericidal)
  • Lincosamides & Oxazolidinones (50s bacteriostatic)
44
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What two drugs in the tetracycline class do we most often use?

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  • Doxycycline

- Minocycline

45
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What is Tigecycline?

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A new tetracycline

  • Only indication is Gram + resistant organisms like MRSA
  • Never use for UTI
  • Restricted drug
  • Not able to order this for uncomplicated cellulitis
46
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What is the tetracycline class good for?

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-Well distributed in water/urine (UTIs, urethritis)

47
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What are tetracyclines not good for?

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  • Not good for CNS infections as they are too large/polar to cross into CNS (not for meningitis)
  • Drugs chelate calcium which discolors teeth (don’t take with dairy products)
48
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What is the most often used macrolide?

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Azithromycin (Z-pak)

49
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What macrolide is infrequently used?

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Erythromycin because it has many drug/drug interactions

50
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What are the common aminoglycosides that are used?

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  • Gentamicin

- Tobramycin

51
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What is the action of aminoglycosides?

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  • Irreversible inhibitors of protein synthesis
  • Moves into cells via porin channels
  • Actively transported into cytoplasm
  • Binds to 30s subunit of ribosome
52
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What should you not use aminoglycosides for?

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Meningitis (poor CNS penetration)

53
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Are aminoglycosides concentration dependent or time dependent?

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Concentration, higher concentration = higher kill rate

  • But higher concentration enhances toxicity risk
  • Blood levels and kinetics need to be obtained
  • Oto and nephrotoxic (best to get patient off of these and onto less toxic drugs)
54
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What two drugs are sulfonamides (anti folate drugs)

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-Trimethoprim
-Sulfamethoxazole
(if these two are given together its bactrim)

55
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What can you NOT use sulfonamides for?

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Streptococcus

56
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What is the most common use for sulfonamides?

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UTI (e. coli)

57
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What three drugs are fluoroquinolones?

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  • Ciprofloxacin
  • Levofloxacin
  • Moxifloxacin
58
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What is the action of fluoroquinolones?

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Inhibit bacterial topoisomerase II

59
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What are known complications of fluoroquinolones?

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Tendon rupture, skeletal muscle injury, peripheral neuropathy

60
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What drug is a nitroimidazole?

A

Metronidazole

61
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What is metronidazole good to treat?

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ANAEROBES

-Pelvic, vaginal, and intra-abdominal infections (including STDs, post-operative, perforations)

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