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Antimicrobial Agents Flashcards

1
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which are 30S inhibitors?

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  • aminoglycosides

- tetracyclines

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which are 50S inhibitors?

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  • chloramphenicol
  • macrolides
  • lincosamides
  • streptogramins
  • oxazolidinones
  • CLOMS
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aminoglycosides bacteriostatic/cidal

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  • bactericidal
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aminoglycosides used best against

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  • gram negative rods
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aminoglycosides mechanism of action

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  • disrupt LPS in outer membrane
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examples of aminoglycosides

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  • streptomycin
  • gentamycin

S AND G IN aminoGlycoSide

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aminoglycosides don’t work well against

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  • anaerobes are intrinsically resistant
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aminoglycosides and pH

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  • reduced activity at low pH
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9
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enzymatically inactivate aminoglycosides

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  • modification by phosphorylation, adenylation or acetylation
  • enzymes encoded on mobile genetic elements
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10
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alter drug target aminoglycosides

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  • methylation of rRNA

- mutation of ribosomal protein

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11
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alter drug exposure aminoglycosides

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  • decreased uptake nonspecific

- increased efflux (P. aeruginosa)

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12
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aminoglycosides and beta lactams

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  • beta lactams pre-weaken structure of bacterial envelope

- allows amino glycoside to get in

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tetracycline bacteriostatic/cidal

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  • bacteriostatic
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tetracycline used against

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  • gram positives
  • gram negatives
  • mycoplasma
  • intracellular bacteria
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tetracycline examples

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  • tetracycline
  • doxycycline

CYCLINES

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16
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which has troubles with divalent cations

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  • tetracycline

- divalent cations inhibit absorption of drug in GI tract

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17
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which has contraindications

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  • tetracycline
  • in pregnancy
  • young children
  • inhibition of bone growth
  • discoloration of teeth
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18
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tetracycline and beta lactamases

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  • avoid!
  • beta lactams will only work on actively dividing cells
  • static interferes with the cidal activity
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19
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tetracycline alter drug exposure

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  • lots of efflux pumps

- most are effective against tetracycline itself

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tetracycline alter drug target

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  • ribosome protection proteins

- bind to ribosome and displace drug from binding site

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chloramphenicol bacteriostatic/cidal

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  • bacteriostatic
  • cidal against important encapsulated organisms
  • broad spectrum
  • synthetic
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22
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chloramphenicol and ribosome

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  • binds 50S bacterial

- but not 60S human

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chloramphenicol enzymatically inactivate drug

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  • modified by acetyl transferases
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24
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macrolides bacteriostatic/cidal

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  • bacteriostatic
25
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macrolides work best against

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  • gram positives
  • Chlamydia gram negative

POSITIVE THAT LIAR GAVE ME CHLAMYDIA WHEN HE ASSURED ME HE WAS NEGATIVE

LIE FROM MACROLIDE

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macrolides examples

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  • erythromycin
  • azithromycin

RO to RO

27
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lincosamides bacteriostatic/cidal

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  • bacteriostatic
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lincosamides work best against

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  • gram positive and gram negatives

- anaerobes

29
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lincosamides example

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  • clindamycin

LINC TO CLIN

30
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lincosamides used well against what pathogen

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  • C. diff associated pseudomembranous colitis
31
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streptogramins A and B individually

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  • individually bacteriostatic
32
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streptogramins A and B together

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  • bactericidal together
33
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streptogramin A works against which process

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  • peptide bond formation
34
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streptogramin B works against which process

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  • chain elongation
35
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MLSB

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  • resistance to macrolides, lincosamides, and streptogrammin B
36
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MLSB resistance

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  • cross resistance due to similar mechanisms of action
37
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MlSB alter drug target

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  • ribosome methylation by erm genes
38
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erm genes stand for

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  • erythromycin ribosome methylation genes
39
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erm expression

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  • constitute or inducible
40
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determine inducible clindamycin resistance

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  • use D test

- makes it look like a D on the plate

41
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Oxazolidinones bacteriostatic/cidal

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  • bacteriostatic
42
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Oxazolidinones work best against

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  • gram positives that are resistant to other antibiotics
43
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Oxazolidinones bind to

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  • 23S in 50S subunit
44
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Oxazolidinones cross resistance

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  • no cross resistance with other protein synthesis inhibitors
45
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Oxazolidinones example

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  • linezolid

ZOLID ZOLID

46
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Oxazolidinones alter drug target

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mutations in 23S rRNA

47
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folate synthesis inhibitors

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  • trimethoprim

- sulfonamides

48
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RNA synthesis inhibitors

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  • rifamycin

- bind to DdRp wit higher affinity than human enzyme

49
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DNA synthesis inhibitors

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  • fluoroquinolones
  • target topoisomerase
  • Cipro
50
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agents that damage DNA

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  • nitroimidazoles
  • form toxic free radicals
  • Metronidazole
51
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VanA locus

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  • constitutive resistance - all resistant or all susceptible when it burns out
  • constant expression of D-Ala-D-lac
52
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Van B locus

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  • inducible resistance - more of a spectrum of values for susceptibility
  • temporary expression of D-Ala-D-lac
53
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which costs more in terms of fitness - inducible or constitutive?

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  • constitutive
54
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inhibit peptidoglycan synthesiis

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  • phosphomycin
  • cycloserine
  • bacitracin
  • glycopeptides
  • beta lactams

PROFESSOR CREWS GOES BEYOND BOARDS

55
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agents that act on mycobacterial cell walls

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  • isoniazid

- ethambutol

56
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isoniazid

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  • inhibits mycolic acid synthesis
57
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ethambutol

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  • inhibits arabinotransferases
58
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lipopeptides

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  • disrupt cell membrane of G+ bacteria
  • poke holes in it
  • daptomycin

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