Antimicrobial Review - Schoenwald Flashcards
What are the 4 class of beta lactams?
- Penicillins
- Extended spectrum penicillins
- Cephalosporins
- Carbapenems
What are examples of natural PCN?
Penicillin G or Penicillin VK
Benzathine Penicillin
Whats the formulation of penicillin G?
IV or IM
Whats the formulation for penicillin VK?
PO
Whats the formulation for Benzathine penicillin?
long-acting IM
If a patient has strep throat what is the abx?
Penicillin G or Penicillin VK
If a pt has cellulitis, what is the abx?
Penicillin G or Penicillin VK
Pt has syphilis, what is the abx you choose?
Benzathine Penicillin
What are the two abx under Aminopenicillins?
Ampicillin or amoxicillin
Which aminopenicillins is IV?
Ampicillin
Which aminopenicillin is PO
Amoxicillin
What does aminopenicillin cover?
Strep pyogenes
Strep agalactaie
Strep pneumonia
Enterococci
Borrelia burgdorferi
Listeria
Pt comes with Pharyngitis
Ampicillin or amoxicillin
Pt comes with sinusitis
Ampicillin or amoxicillin
Pt comes with OM
Ampicillin or amoxicillin
Pt comes with endocarditis ppx
Ampicillin or amoxicillin
Pt with who is younger than 8 y.o for lyme disease
Ampicillin or amoxicillin
Which two abx are Anti-Staphylococcal Penicillins?
- Nafcillin
- Dicloxacilin
whats the formulation of nafcillin?
IV
Whats the formulation for Dicloxacillin?
PO
What type of infection is Anti-Staphylococcal Penicillins best for?
Skin and soft tissue infections with suspected Staph but works against Strep as well
What are the Augmented Aminopenicillins?
- Ampicillin/sulbactim
- Amoxicillin/clavulanate
What’s the formulation for Ampicillin/sulbactim?
IV
Whats the formulation for Amoxicillin/clavulanate?
PO
What does augmenting the PCN do?
Protects the drug from beta-lactams
What does PCN cover?
Same as aminopenicillins plus
- Pasteurella (dog/cat bites)
- Moraxella
- Haemophilus influenza
What are the common augmented PCN treatments?
- Bites
- Otitis media
- Sinusitis
- Acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis
- Dental infections
- Skin and soft tissue infections
What is the augmented extended-spectrum PCN?
Piperacillin/tazobactam (Zosyn)
What’s the pip/tazo formulation?
IV
Whats the coverage for pip/tazo?
Broad spectrum + pseudomonas
Whats the MOA of PCN?
Stops cell wall synthesis by binding penicillin binding protein
What is the MOR (Mechanism of resistance) for PCN?
Bacteria is developing B lactamases and PBP alterations
What kind of ADR do you see with PCN?
Hypersensitivity rxn
What’s the ADR with clavulanate?
- Diarrhea
- Hepatoxicity
Does gram + coverage increase of decrease with cephalosporin generation?
Decreases and gram - increases
How many generation of cephalosporins are there?
4 generation and next generation
Which cephalosporins has broad coverage and MRSA?
Ceftraoline
Whats the MOA for cephalosporins?
Stops cell wall synthesis by binding penicillin binding protein
Whats the MOR for cephalosporins?
Beta lactamases
What’s ADR for ceftriaxone?
biliary sludging/pseudocholelithiasis
Name 1st fen cephalosporins
- Cefazolin
- Cephalexin
What the coverage for 1st gen cephalosporins?
- Excellent gram +
- NO MRSA
- Low gram - coverage
Bacteria coverage for 1st gen cephalosporins?
- Strep pyogenes, MSSA
- Some E coli, Klebsiella, Proteus
What are common treatment indication for 1st gen cephalosporins?
- Skin and soft tissue infections
- Strep pharyngitis
- Pre op prophylaxis (cefazolin)
- Uncomplicated cystitis
What are the 2nd generation cephalosporins?
Cefuroxime
What does cefuroxime cover?
Covers same as 1st generation plus
Strep pneumonia
Moraxella catarrhalis
Haemophilus influenza (respiratory)
when would you use cefuroxime?
- Otitis media
- Sinusitis
- Acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis
- Skin and soft tissue infections
What are the 3rd generation cephalosporins?
Ceftriaxone and cefdinir
What are the coverage for 3rd generation?
Gram - and some gram +
T/F Ceftriaxone does not cross the BBB
False, it does cross BBB
What are the common indications for 3rd generation?
- Community acquired pneumonia
- Meningitis
- Gonorrhea (with Azithromycin)
- Pyelonephritis
What is the 4th generation cephalosporins?
Cefepime
What does cefepime cover?
- Gram - rods
- More resistant gram negative than pseudomonas
Whats the 5th generation cephalosporins?
Ceftraoline
What does ceftaroline cover?
Very gram - and gram +
MRSA COVERAGE
Whats are the indication for Ceftraoline?
- Pneumonia
- Skin and soft tissue infxn
What are the IV formulation for cephalosporins?
- Cefazolin
- Ceftriaxone (IM too)
- Cefepime
- Ceftaroline
What are the different carbapenems?
- Meropenem
- Imipenem
- Ertapenem
- Doripenem
Whats the formulation of carbapenems?
IV
Whats the coverage of carbapenems?
Excellent gram negative coverage, some gram positive coverage
Whats the MOA for doripenem?
Bind to penicillin binding proteins
Whats the MOR for Doripenem?
Alteration in PBP protein, efflux pump, and carbapenamase production by bacteria
When is carbapenems used for?
More resistant bacteria
- ESBL
- Pseudomonas
What is one carbapenem that doesn’t cover pseudomonas?
Ertapenem
Whats the ADR for carbapenems?
Seizures and nephrotoxicity
What are the common treatment indications for carbapenems?
- Ventilator associated pneumonia
- Resistant complicated UTI
- Nosocomial infections
What are different tetracyclines?
Tetracycline, minocycline, doxycycline (PO,IV)
Whats the MOA for tetracycline?
protein synthsis inhibition at 30 S bacterial ribosome
MOR for tetracycline?
Efflux pump