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Antibiotics Flashcards

1
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What is the most common mechanism of antibiotic activity

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Effects on cell wall integrity
- Interferes with cell wall synthesis

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How do beta lactams work

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Target serine proteases and penicillin binding proteins
- Inhibits assembly and degrade cell wall

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Four different beta lactams

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  • Penicillin
  • Cephalosporin
  • Monobactams
  • Carbapenems
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What is commonly associated with Clostridium difficile infections?

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3rd generation/broad spectrum cephalosporins

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5
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Penicillin effective against mostly…

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Gram +

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Cephalosporins mostly effective against…

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G- with each generation, but also some G+

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Monobactams mostly effective against

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Aerobic G-

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Carbapenems mostly effective against

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G+, G-, anaerobes

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Glycopeptides/vancomycin

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Targets cell wall
- Targets G+

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10
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Lipopeptides/daptomycin

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Cell membrane inhibitor
Disruption of ionic concentration gradiet of the cell membrane
- Targets G+

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Polypeptides

2 types

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Cell membrane target
Bacitracin: topical, G+
Polymyxins/colistin: topical or IV, G-

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12
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Antimycobacterial

2 types

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Inhibit mycolic acid synthesis in cell wall
Isoniazid and ethambutol

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13
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Prokaryotic ribosomes are made up of what?

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30s and 50s subunits on the mRNA that lead to translation of genetic message

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What are the 3 antibiotics that target the 30s ribosomal subunit

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  • Aminoglycosides
  • Tetracycline
  • Glycylcycline
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The six antibiotics that target the 50s ribosomal subunit

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  • Macrolides
  • Lincosamide
  • Chloramphenicol
  • Oxazolidinone
  • Streptogramins
  • Ketolides
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Aminoglycosides

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30s
- Almost always used with cell wall synthesis inhibitors
- Anaerobes are usually resistant
- GNR, some GP, mycobacteria

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Tetracyclines

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30s
- G+, G-, mycoplasma, chlamydiae, rickettsiae
- Not give to <8 yo children, preg women
- Food decreases absorption

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Glycylcyclines

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30s
- Similar to tetracyclines
- More against G-, anaerobes, rapid growing mycobacteria

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Macrolides

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50s
- Aerobic and anaerobic G+ cocci

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Lincosamides

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50s
- G+ cocci, anaerobes
- C. difficile diarrhea

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Chloramphenicol

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50s
- G+, G-, anaerobes, chlamydiae, mycoplasma, rickettsiae
- Aplastic anemia risk, backfire against human protein synthesis

22
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Oxazolidinones

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50s
- Aerobic G+, mycobacteria, anaerobes

23
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Streptogramin

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50s
- G+, anaerobes

24
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Ketolides

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50s
- Similar to erythromycins from macrolides
- - G+ cocci

25
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What was the first effective systemic antimicrobial used in the US in the 1930s

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Essential metabolite antimicrobials

26
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Sulfonamides

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Essential metabolite inhibitor

27
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Trimethoprim

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Essential metabolite inhibitor

28
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Inhibitors of DNA replication

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Quinolones/fluoroquinolones

29
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Interfere with DNA transcription

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Rifampin

30
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Causes breaks in DNA

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Metronidazole

31
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Drug of choice for bacterial vaginosis

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Metronidazole

32
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Group at the heart of multi drug antibiotic resistance

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ESKAPE
- ENFA
- STAU
- KLPN
- ACBA
- PSAE
- Enterobacter species

33
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Multi drug resistance

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Resistance to at least 1 in 3 or more antimicrobial categories

34
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Extensively drug resistant

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Resistance in at least one in ALL but 1-2 antimicrobial categories

35
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Pan drug resistant

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Resistant to everything

36
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Preventing resistance

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Vaccination
Infection control
Protect food supply
Antibiotic responsibility
Screening, treatment, education

37
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Intrinsic mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance

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Impermeability barriers
Biofilms
Drug efflux
Enzyme inactivation or degradation

38
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Horizontal gene transfer: transformation

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Parts of DNA taken up by bacteria from outside environment

39
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Horizontal gene transfer: conjugation

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Cell to cell contact between two bacteria and transfer plasmids

40
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Horizontal gene transfer: transduction

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Bacteria specific viruses transfer DNA between 2 closely related bacteria

Bacteriophag

41
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Intrinsic antimicrobial resistance: impermeability barriers

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  • LPS
  • Can reduce the number of porins or change sructure to reduce affinity for antibiotics
42
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Intrinsic antimicrobial resistance: biofilms

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Motile bacteria attached to substrate
- Decreased penetration of antibiotic
- Slowed bacterial growth

43
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Intrinsic antimicrobial resistance: drug efflux

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Pumps that transport the antibiotic back out of the cell

44
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Intrinsic antimicrobial resistance: enzyme inactivation/degradation

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Self explanatory

45
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Fourextrinsic antimicrobial resistance mechanisms

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Efflux
Target site modification
Antibiotic alteration
Enzymatic inactivtion

46
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How to combat beta lactam antibiotics

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  • Making enzyme beta lactamase
  • alter antibiotic target site
  • alter porin channels
47
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How to combat glycopeptides

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  • Alter antibiotic target site
48
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How to combat aminoglycosides

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  • Alter antibiotic target site
  • Modify antibiotic
  • Alter porin channels
49
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How to combat quinolones

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  • Alter antibiotic binding site
  • efflux
50
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What is MIC?

A

Minimum inhibitory concentration that visibly inhibits growth of the test organism

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