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Antibiotics: Others Flashcards

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Flouroquinolones MOA

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inhibit DNA gyrase and topoisomeraze IV. DNA can’t be replicated. Bactericidal.

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Flouroquinolone Spectrum

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Aerobic gram negative rods and some gram positive coverage (MRSA). Wide tissue distribution and penetration.

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Ciprofloxacin (Cipro)

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Flouroquinolone. Oral. antipsuedomonal.

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Norfloxacin (noroxin)

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Flouroquinolone. Oral. Prostatitis.

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Ofloxacin (floxin)

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Flouroquinolone. Oral. Prostatitis.

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Levofloxacin (levaquin)

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Flouroquinolone. Oral

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Moxifloxacin (Avelox)

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Flouroquinolone. Oral. anaerobes.

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Gatifloxacin (tequin)

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Flouroquinolone. Ocular application only.

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Gemifloxacin (factive)

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Flouroquinolone. Oral. Anaerobes.

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Anthrax prophylaxis DOC

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Cipro.

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Pseudomonas aerginosa DOC

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Cipro.

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Flouroquinolone toxicity

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Increase in QT interval, cartilage erosion, tendon rupture, GI disturbances, photosensitivity.

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Flouroquinolone contraindications

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pregnant and nursing women. children under 18 years of age.

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Flouroquinolone resistance

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changes in gyrase enzyme, decreased permeability, antibiotic modification

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Metronidazole MOA

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Prodrug. metabolites are taken into bacterial DNA where they form unstable molecules leading to fragmentation of the DNA. Need ferredoxin only found in anaerobes. bactericidal.

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Metronidazole Spectrum

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Anaerobic only. Gram positive and negative.

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Pseudomembranous colitis (C-Diff) DOC

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Metronidazole

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Metronidazole route

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oral, IV or topical.

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Metronidazole toxicity

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CNS with prolonged use, GI, Superinfections, metallic taste.

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Exclusive UTI Drugs (2)

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nitrofurantoin (Furadantin) and methenamine

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Nitrofurantoin MOA

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Prodrug reduced in bacteria to a metabolite that can attack and damage DNA and the ribosome. Bactericidal in the urine due to low pH.

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Nitrofurantoin Spectrum

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Gram positive and negative. given orally.

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Nitrofurantoin toxicity

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hemolytic anemia (G6PD deficiency), GI, hepatocellular damage, interstitial pulmonary fibrosis. Turns urine brown.

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Nitrofurantoin contraindications

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late pregnancy, less than 1 month old, low creatine clearance.

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Methenamine MOA

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prodrug that decomposes to formaldehye and ammonia in the urine and kills bacteria. Need low pH of the urine.

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Methenamine spectrum

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Gram negative with some gram positive activity.

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Methenamine contraindications

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hepatic and renal insufficiency.

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Sulfonamides MOA

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Inhibit folate metabolism by competing with PABA to prevent the reduction of DHF to THF (folic acid). Prevents purine production and inhibits DNA synthesis.

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Sulfonamides spectrum

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Gram positive and negative. Bacteriostatic.

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TMP-SMX (Bactrim)

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Sulfonamide. Made of sulfamethoxazole (inhibits PABA) and trimethoprim (inhibits dihydrofolate reductase). Oral/IV.

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UTI DOC

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TMP-SMX (Bactrim)

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Prophylaxis for pneumocystis jiroveci infections

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TMP-SMX (Bactrim)

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Sulfamethoxazole (gantanol)

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Sulfonamide. Oral. Slow excretion with high urine concentration.

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Sulfasalazine (azulfidine)

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Sulfonamide. Oral. GI action, prodrug. Used to treat ulcerative colitis and RA.

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Silver sulfazalazine

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Sulfonamide. topical burn treatment.

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Sulfonamides Elimination

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metabolized in the liver, excreted by the kidney.

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Sulfonamides Contraindications

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late pregnancy, nursing or premature/jaundiced infants. Any infants less than 2 months old.

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Sulfonamides resistance

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increased PABA production, efflux pumps, decreased permeability, alternative metabolism (plasmids).

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Sulfonamides toxicity

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SJS, kernicterus (compete with bili binding), aplastic anemia (G6PD), hematopoietic toxicity, kidney/liver damage, photosensitivity, common drug allergy.

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Daptomycin (cubicin) MOA

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Lipoprotein antibiotics that forms transmembrane channels that lead to rapid depolarization causing cell death. Bactericidal.

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Daptomycin (cubicin) spectrum

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Bactericidal against Gram positives (MRSA and MSSA)

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Daptomycin (cubicin)

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IV. Empiric therapy in patients with a serious gram positive infection. Used as an alternative to vancomycin.

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Mupirocin (bactroban) MOA

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reversibly binds to tRNA synthetase so it can’t make isoleucine tRNA. Inhibits protein and RNA synthesis. Produced by pseudomonas fluorescens.

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Mupirocin (bactroban) spectrum

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Gram positive and negative. Usually bacteriostatic but can be bactericidal at high concentrations.

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Mupirocin (bactroban)

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topical or intranasal application for infections of MRSA. Also used for impetigo (S. aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes).

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Polypeptide antibiotics MOA

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lipid a endotoxin (gram negative cell membranes only).

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Polypeptide antibiotics spectrum

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gram negative bacilli

48
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Polymyxin B (aerosporin)

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Polypeptide antibiotics. topical

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Colistin (polymyxin E)

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Polypeptide antibiotics. topical.

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Polypeptide antibiotics uses

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Usually used in combination with neomycin and bacitracin as topical ointment. Also active against pseudomonas in the eye.

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