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1
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What 3 antibiotics are resistant to ESBL producers?

A

Cephalosporins
Penicillins
Aztreonams

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MIC definition

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Lowest concentration of antibiotic that prevents growth

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MBC definition

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Lowest concentration of antibiotic at which bacterial population killed

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MIC testing methods

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Broth
E test
Automated systems

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5
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Qualitative susceptibility tests

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Kirby Bauer

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6
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Principle of E test

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Plastic strips containing preformed and predefined continuous stable antimicrobial gradient

Mueller Hinton agar

Ellipsis of growth - MIC

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7
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What tube is the MIC?

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First tube without turbidity

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8
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Principle of Kirby Bauer

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Single drug concentration diffuses out of disk

Creates a gradient (highest closest to disk)

Measure zone of inhibition

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9
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What things can cause an falsely large zone in Kirby Bauer?

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Thin media

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10
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What can cause a false small zone in Kirby Bauer?

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Too much in bacteria

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11
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What antibiotics inhibit cell wall synthesis?

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Beta lactams (penicillins, cephalosporins, carbapanems, monobactams)

Vancomycin

Daptomycin

Polypeptides

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12
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What antibiotics inhibit gyrase?

A

Topoisomerase

Quinolones

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13
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What antibiotics inhibit folate synthesis?

A

Trimethoprim

Sulfamethoxazole

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14
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What antibiotics inhibit free radicals?

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Metronidazole

Nitrofuratoin

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15
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What antibiotics inhibit the 50S unit?

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Macrolides
Clindamycin 
Linezolid 
Streptogramins
Chloramphenicol
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16
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What antibiotics inhibit 30S?

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Aminoglycosides
Tetracyclines
Tigecycline

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17
Q

what causes:
Tetracycline zone too large
clindamycin zone too small
E. coli or S. aureus controls

A

pH too low

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18
Q

what causes:
small tetracycline zone
large clindamycin zone
E coli or S aureus controls

A

pH too high

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19
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what causes:
small aminoglycoside zone
P. aeurginosa control

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Ca and/or Mg too low

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20
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penicillins

A

methicillin, oxacillin, ampicillin, piperacillin

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21
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cephalosporins

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cephalexin

cefotoxin

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carbapenems

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imipenem

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monobactams

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aztreonam

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24
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glycopeptides

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vancomycin

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25
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macrolides

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erythromycin

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26
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tetracylcines

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tetracycline

doxycycline

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27
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aminoglycosides

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gentamycin
tobramycin
amikacin

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28
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sulfonamides

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trimethoprim

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29
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quinolones

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ciprofloxacin

levofloxacin

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30
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major organism natural penicillins

A

strep

31
Q

1st gen cephalosporins

A

cephalothin
cefazolin
cephalexin
cefadroxil

32
Q

1st gen cephalosporin activity

A

G+C except enterococcus

enterics

33
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2nd gen cephalosporins

A

cefoxitin
cefuroxime
cefotetan
cefuroxime

34
Q

3rd gen cephalosporins

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ceftoxamine
ceftriaxone
ceftizoxime
ceftazidine

35
Q

aztreonam active against

A

pseudomonas

GNR

36
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beta lactams

A

penicillins
cephalosporins
monobactam
glycopeptides

37
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miscellaneous beta lactams

A

imipenem
meropenem
doripenem

38
Q

vancomycin active against

A

G+

C diff

39
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bacitracin active against

A

G+
some G-
topical

40
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polymyxin B and colistin active against

A

G-

topical

41
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aminoglycosides active against

A

G+

G-

42
Q

what is tobramycin particularly useful for

A

pseudomonas and acinetobacter

43
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tetracyclines active against

A

G+
G-
intracellular organisms

44
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macrolides active against

A

intracellular organisms

45
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erythromycin active against

A 
G+
Respiratory infections (M pneumoniae, Legionella, Neisseria, Haemophilus)
46
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clindamycin active against

A

G+

47
Q

what G+C is universally susceptible to penicillin

A

group A, B, C strep

48
Q

drugs for G- infections

A 
aminoglycosides
ES pencillins
cephalosporins
quinolones
imipenem
49
Q

drugs for pseudomonas

A

aminoglycosides
ES penicillins
3 gen cephalosporins
imipenem

50
Q

ANA drugs

A 
ES penicillins
B lactams
cefoxitin
chloramphenicol
imipenem
metronidazole
51
Q

nalidixic acid active against

A

UTI

52
Q

flroroquinolones active against

A

complicated UTI

invasive ear infectionsfrom G-

53
Q

too much Ca and Magnesium in Mueller Hinton affects

A

decreased activity of aminoglycosides and tetracyclines

54
Q

increased thymidine in mueller hinton affects

A

decreased activity of sulfonamides

55
Q

increased pH affects what

A

increased activity against aminoglycosides, eryhtromycin, clindamycin
(increased diameter)
decreased activity of tetracycline

56
Q

agar too thick

A

smaller zones of inhibition

57
Q

agar too thin kirby bauer

A

larger zones of inhibition

58
Q

drugs for enterobacteriaceae

A 
penicillins
cephalosporins
aztreonam
imipenem
aminoglycosides
quinolones
tigecycline
trimethoprim
sulfamethoxazole
59
Q

drugs for staph

A 
penicillins
quinolones
vanc
erythromycin
clindamycin
trimethoprim
tigecycline
60
Q

drugs for pseudomonas

A 
penicillins
cephalosporins
aztreonam
imipenem
aminoglycosides
quinolones
61
Q

drugs for enterococcus

A 
ampicillin
gentamycin
vancomycin
tigecycline
linezolid
62
Q

drugs for strep pneumoniae

A 
pencillin
cephalosporins
imipenem
quinolones
vanc
erythromycin
clindamycin
trimethoprim
63
Q

organisms that most often produce beta lactamase

A 
staph
haemophilus influenzae
neisseria gonorrhoeae
moraxella 
enterococcus
64
Q

most sensitive beta lactamse method

A

chromogenic cephalosporin nitrocefin

65
Q

3 mechanisms for resistance to beta lactam anitbiotics in staph aureus

A

production of penicillin binding protein (mecA gene)
hyper beta lactamase production
production of modified PBPs

66
Q

which type of MRSA is resistant to clindamycin and erythromycin

A

health care associated infections from MRSA

67
Q

what gene is responsible for erythromycin resistance

A

msrA

68
Q

what gene is responsible for clindamycin resistance

A

erm

69
Q

what test is used to detect inducible resistance to clindamycin

A

D test

70
Q

organisms that can be ESBL

A 
e coli
klebsiella
proteus
morganella
serratia
enterobacter
pseudomonas
71
Q

what induces AmpC

A

cefoxitin
imipenem
ampicillin

72
Q

organisms with AmpC

A 
providencia
aeromonas
citrbacter
enterobacter
morganella
pseudomonas
73
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what is AmpC

A

cephalosporinase

cephalosporin resistance

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