Antimicrobial Tx Flashcards
Bacterial meningitis empiric tx (unknown organism/pre-culture results)
Vancomycin + ceftriaxone/cefotaxime (IV)
Vancomycin adverse rxns
“The “red man” life is NOT trouble free”
Nephrotoxicity
Ototoxicity
Thrombophlebitis
“red man syndrome” - hypotension, diffuse flushing, erythematous rash on head and neck -
Tx for “red man syndrome” assoc. with Vanc
slow infusion rate + antihistamines
Vanc MOA
Inhibits cell wall peptidoglycan formation by binding D-ala D-ala precursors (G+ organisms only)
Vanc MOR
VanA gene - encodes for amino acid modification of D-ala D-ala to D-ala D-lac
S. pneumoniae tx (pneumonia/systemic infection)
Penicillin/cephalosporin
S. pneumoniae meningitis tx - organism susceptible to PCN
Ampicilin or ceftriaxone/cefotaxime
S. pnumoniae meningitis tx - organism resistant to PCN, susceptible to cephalosporins
ceftriaxone/cefotaxime
S. pneumoniae meningitis tx - organism resistant to PCN AND cephalosporins
IV vancomycin x 10-14 days
M. leprae - lepromatous leprae
- Dapsone
- Rifampin
- Clofazimine
M. leprae - tuberculoid type
- Dapsone
2. Rifampin
Proteus mirabilis
Fluoroquinolones - e.g. Ciprofloxacin
Fluoroquinolone MOA
Inhibit DNA topoisomerase II (DNA gyrase) and IV
Do NOT take with antacids!
Fluoroquinolones (floxacins/enoxacins) - clinical use
G- rods of GI/Urinary Tract:
Psuedomonas
Neisseria
Proteus mirabilis
Some G+ organisms
Fluoroquinolone CI’s
- pregnancy
- nursing mothers
- children
Fluoroquinolone adverse rxns
“FluoroquinolONES hurt attachments to your bONES”
(e. g. levaquin)
- Cartilage damage in children 60 years or pts taking prednisone.
- leg cramps
- myalgias
- SUPERINFECTIONS (C.diff)
- skin rash
- HA/dizziness
- GI upset
Fluoroquinolones
floxacins: e.g. ciproflocacin, levofloxacin
+ enoxacin
Cryptococcal meningitis (AIDS pts - serious infection)
Amphotericin B w/ or w/o flucytosine
Amphotericin B MOA
“TEaRs” holes in fungal membrane by forming pores = leakage of electrolytes.
- binds ergosterol (unique to fungi)
Sporothrix shenkii (Sporotrichosis) Tx
Itraconazole
Sporothrix shenkii (Sporotrichosis) "rose garden disease"
Dimorphic cigar-shaped budding yeast
Grows in branching hyphae with rosettes of conidia
Lives on vegetation
Introduced traumatically e.g. by a thorn
Drugs associated with disulfiram reaction
Metronidazole (some) cephalosporins griseofulvin procarbazine 1st gen sulfonylureas
Giardia tx
Metro
Quinacrine (if can’t tolerate metro) - but not available in US?
Chlamydia histo findings
**non-staining (intracellular) - Gram - bacteria, elementary and reticulate bodies
Chlamydia (no co-infection) tx
Doxycycline (unless pregnant = azithromycin)
Schistosomiasis (e.g. S.hematobium) tx
Praziquantel