Antibiotics Flashcards
Which antibiotics are bactericidal?
Very Finely Proficient At Murder Vancomycin Fluoroquinolones Penicillins Aminoglycosides Metronidazole
Which antibiotics are Bacteriostatic
ECSTaTiC about bacteriostatics Erythromycin Clindamycin Sulfamethoxazole Trimethoprim Tetracycline Chloramphenicol
lowest concentration of antibiotic capable of inhibiting growth of an organism in a defined growth medium
Minimum Inhibitory Concentration
As plasma level is increased above the MIC, an increasing proportion of bacteria are killed at a more rapid rate
CONCENTRATION DEPENDENT KILLING ACTION
Killing action continues even after plasma levels decline below measurable levels
POST-ANTIBIOTIC EFFECT
Efficacy is directly-related to the time above the MIC
Efficacy independent on concentration once the MIC has been reached
TIME DEPENDENT KILLING ACTION
Eradicates an infection in the absence of host defense mechanisms
Bactericidal
Inhibits microbial growth but requires host defense mechanisms to eradicate the infections
Bacteriostatic
Drugs with Post antibiotic effect
Aminoglycosides
Fluoroquinolone
Azithromycin
Streptogramin
Cell wall synthesis inhibitors
Penicillins Cephalosporins Monobactams Carbapenems Vancomycin
Protein Synthesis Inhibitors
Aminoglycosides Tetracyclines Chloramphenicol Erythromycin/macrolides Lincosamides (clindamycin) Linezolid Streptogramins
Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitor
Sulfonamides Trimethoprim Sulfamethoxazole Fluoroquinolones Co trimoxazole
MOA BETA-LACTAMS
pcns, cephalosporins, monobactams, carbapenems
Binds to penicillin-binding proteins located in bacterial cell walls
Inhibits transpeptidation
MOA BACITRACIN
Interferes with late stage in cell wall synthesis in Gram (+)
MOA CYCLOSERINE
Blocks incorporation of D-Ala-D-Ala into the pentapeptide side chain of peptidoglycan
MOA DAPTOMYCIN
binds to cell membrane causing depolarization and rapid cell death
MOA FOSFOMYCIN
inhibits UDP-N-acetylglucosamine-3-enolpyruvyltransferase (very early stage of bacterial cell wall synthesis)
Prevents formation of N-acetylmuramic acid (peptidoglycan precursor molecule)
MOA CHLORAMPHENICOL
Inhibits transpeptidation at 50S
MOA AMINOGLYCOSIDES
Gentamicin, Neomycin, Amikacin, Tobramycin, Steptomycin, Paromomycin, Spectinomycin
Bind 30S subunit
— cidal
Cannot kill anaerobes
MOA SULFONAMIDES
Competitive inhibitor of dihydropteroate synthase
—static
MOA Beta Lactamase Inhibitor
Inhibits inactivation of penicillins by bacterial B-lactamases
MOA TETRACYCLINE
Binds 30S Subunit
— static