Antibiotic therapies by drug class Flashcards
Which drugs weaken cell walls?
PCNs Cephalosporins Carbapenems Fosfomycin Vancomycin
Which drugs inhibit protein synthesis?
Macrolides
Tetracyclines
Ketolides
Lincosamides (clindamycin)
Which drugs inhibit bacterial DNA synthesis?
Fluoroquinolones
Metronidazole
Which drugs compete for folic acid
Sulfonamides
Codes from class; SSE
strep, staph enterococcus (gm + cocci)
skin, soft tissue, respiratory
Codes from class: EKP
E coli, Klebsiella, Proteus (gr - bacilli)
UTI, GI
Codes from class: EbSP
enterobacter, serratia, providencia, salmonella, shigella
(gr - bacilli)
GI
Non-grouped gram - cocci
H. flu, Moraxella - AOM, sinusitis, bronchitis
Neisseria - GU, meningitis
Penicillins
Gram + (SSE)
skin, soft tissue, respiratory
Penicillin extended spectrum (+ BLIC)
Less gram +, more gram - (EKP, EbSP)
GI, GU, Skin, soft tissue, resp
Tetracyclines
Doxycycline
Minocycline
Gr+ strep pneumoniae, Gr -, atypicals, MRSAl, chlamydiae, mycoplasma, rickettsiae, protozoan parasites
Sulfonamide
TMP-SMZ
Gr- (EKP)
MRSA
1st gen cephalosporins
Gr + (SSE)
resp/skin/soft tissue
2nd gen cephalosporins
Gr +, weak Gr - (SSE)
respiratory
3rd gen cephalosporins
Weak gr +, good gr -
B lactamase, H-flu, EKP, ESP