Antimicrobials Flashcards
Macrolides: MOA
Binds to the 50s ribosomal subunit & prevents translation of bacterial proteins. Bacteriostatic.
Macrolides: Drug examples, organism against, side effects
ends in “mycin”
1. Clarithromycin: Good substitution for Streptococcus if allergic to penicillin
2. Azithromycin: Staph, Strept, GN enterococcus
3. Erythromycin
GI upset: vomiting, diarrhea. inflammation of biliary duct
*Generally good for Gram +ves & atypicals (i.e. Chlamydia trichomonas, legionnaires, Mycoplasma pneumonia, Streptococcus pneumonia, ?gonorrhea, MAI,
Clinical conditions: Chlamydia, gonorrhea, pneumonia, Legionnaires disease.
Aminoglycosides: Drug names, organisms against
ends in "cin" 1. Gentamycin 2. Tobramycin 3. Amikacin GN aerobic bacilli (e. coli & company). Used preoperatively during GI surgery to prevent the spilling of the normal microflora into the peritoneal cavity.
TMP-SMX: Organisms against
Wide Gram +ve & Gram -ve coverage but no anaerobic coverage
1. GN bacilli
2. MRSA
TREE
ABs used against MRSA
- Vancomycin
- Linezolid
- Clindamycin
- TMP-SMX
- Tigecycline (tetracycline)
ABs used against VRE
- Ampicillin
- Imipenem
- Linezolid
- Piperacillin
- Fluoroquinolones
- Vancomycin
Linezolid: Organisms against
Gram POSITIVE cocci (VRE, MRSA)
Metronidazole
- Enteric anaerobes: Bacteroides, C. dificile below the diaphragm
Vancomycin: Mechanism & organisms against
Broad spectrum.
Gram POSITIVE cocci in hospital
MRSA, VRE
*Clindamycin: Organisms against
- Gram positive (staph, strept) even MRSA + anaerobes about the diaphragm
Respiratory tract infections
& associated microbes
- Otitis media
- Sinusitis
- Pharyngitis
- Bronchitis
- Pneumonia
- Group A Streptococcus
- Pneumococcus
- S. aureus
- Mycobacteria tuberculosis
- Neisseria Meningitis
- Hemophilus influenza
Genitourinary tract infections & associated microbes
- Vaginitis
- Urethritis
- Prostatitis
- Epididymitis
- Cervicitis
- UTI
- Pelvic inflammatory disease
- E. coli & company (enterobacteria)
- Neisseria gonorrhea
- S. aureus
- Group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus
Intra-abdominal infections & associated microbes
- Pyelonephritis (inflammation of the kidneys)
- Cystitis (inflammation of the bladder)
- Diverticulitis
- Pelvic inflammatory Disease
- Intra-abdominal abscess/peritonitis
- Cholecystitis
- Diabetic foot infection
- Gram negative aerobic bacilli: Yersinia, Shigella, Salmonella, Campylobacter, E. coli
- Enteric anaerobes
- Enterococci
CNS infections & associated microbes
- Encephalitis
- Meningitis
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Skin infections & associated microbes
- Cellulitis
- Impetigo
- Erysipelas
- Abscess/Carbuncle
- Group A Beta-hemolytic Streptococcus (Streptococcus pyogenes)
- S. aureus