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Antimicrobials Flashcards

Week 2

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Phase I clinical trial

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Test on healthy volunteers for safety and dose-ranging

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Phase II clinical trial

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Test on patients to assess efficacy, effectiveness and safety

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Phase III clinical trial

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Assess efficacy, effectiveness and safety

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Narrow spectrum antimicrobial

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Antimicrobial effective against a limited number of bacterial genera

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5
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Broad spectrum antimicrobial

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Antimicrobial effective against a large number of bacterial genera

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6
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Give some features of the ideal antibiotic

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  • selective toxicity
  • bacterialcidal
  • slows emergence of resistance
  • narrow spectrum of activity
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7
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Why is a narrow spectrum of activity ideal?

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Doesn’t encourage resistance developing over many generas

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8
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4 ways to classify anti-bacterial agents

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  1. Bacterialcidal or bacteriostatic
  2. Spectrum of activity
  3. Chemical structure
  4. Targets/selective toxicity
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9
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Ribosomes of bacteria

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70s

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10
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Ribosomes of eukaryotes

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80s

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11
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What can bacteria synthesise on their own which humans need to take in?

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Folic acid/folate

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12
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Why enzyme involved in folic acid synthesis do humans also have

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DHPS

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13
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2 kinds of beta-lactam antibiotics

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penicillins

chepalosporins

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14
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What do beta-lactams inhibit?

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The enzymes PBPs (penicillin binding proteins) which are required for transpeptidation of cell wall

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15
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Transpeptidation =

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the last step in cross-linking of peptidoglycan cell wall

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16
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3 antibiotic classes that work on cell wall synthesis =

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penicillins
cephalosportins
glycopeptides

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17
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broad spectrum penicillin

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amoxicillin

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18
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most common glycopeptide

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vancomycin

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19
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Vancomycin is only active against what type of bacteria?

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Gr+ (MRSA)

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20
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Glycopeptides MoA

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Bind to cell wall subunit and prevent incorporation of unit

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21
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Classes of antibiotics which inhibit protein synthesis

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  • macrolides
  • aminoglycosides
  • tetracyclins
  • chloramphenicol
  • lincosamides
  • puromycin
  • fusidic acid
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22
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Macrolides

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50S inhibitors

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23
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Tetracyclins

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30S inhibitors

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24
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Aminoglycosides

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30S inhibitors

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25
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Classes which disrupt nucleic acid synthesis

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Quinolones

Rifamycins

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26
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Quinolones

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Inhibit DNA replication

27
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Classes of antimetabolites

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Sulfonamides

Trimethoprim

28
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Which pathway do antimetabolites distrupt?

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formation of dihydrofolic acid.

29
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Sulfonamides MoA

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Inhibit PABA

30
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Trimethoprim MoA

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Inhibits DHPS

31
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Which antimetabolite inhibits an enzyme found in humans?

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trimethoprim

32
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Class of antibiotics which acts as a detergent on plasma membrane

33
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Ex narrow spectrum antibiotics

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Macrolides
Vancomycin
penG

34
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Ex broad-spectrum antibiotics

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Aminoglycosides
2nd and 3rd gen cephalosporins
quinolones
some synthetic penicillin

35
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Narrow spectrum penicillin

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benzyl penicillin

36
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suffix of macrolides

37
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Bacteriostatic or bacteriocidal: aminoglycosides

38
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What kind of bacteria are aminoglycosides best for?

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Gr- aerobes

39
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What can be used with an aminoglycoside to treat Gr+ infections like staph endocarditis

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Beta-lactam

40
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Ex of aminoglycodies

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gentamicin
neomycin
streptomycin
tobramycin

41
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Side effects of aminoglycodies

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ototoxicity
nephrotoxic
inhibit Ach release (contraindicated in MG)

42
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Use of tetracylines

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Acne, community acquired pneumonia, intracellular pathogens, MRSA

43
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Side effects of tetracyclines

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Phototoxicity
tinnitus
permanent teetch discoloration and delayed bone growth
nephrotoxic and hepatotoxic

44
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Ex of macrolides

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erythormycin, azithromycin, clarithromycin

45
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Bacteriostatic or bacteriocidal: macrolides

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bacteriostatic

46
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Spectrum of macrolides

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Narrow. Gr+ aerobic, Gr- aerobic

47
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Some uses of macrolides

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Resp infections, STIs, H.pylori

48
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DOC in pregnancy

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amoxicillin

49
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Bacteriostatic or bacteriocidal: cephalosporins

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bacteriocidal

50
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name 2 drugs that can have cross-reactivity (hint = they have a similar chemical structure)

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penicillins and cephalosporins

51
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DOC for MRSA

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Vancomycin

52
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What drug does sulfonamides increase plasma conc of?

53
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2 antibiotics which need to be metabolised by liver first

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Sulfonamides

Trimethoprim

54
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Bacteriostatic or bacteriocidal: sulfonamides

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Bacteriostatic (cidal when with TMP)

55
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Bacteriostatic or bacteriocidal: trimethoprim

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Bacteriostatic (cidal when with smx)

56
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Trimethoprim contraindications

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pregnancy and children (teratogenic and bone marrow suppression)

57
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Stages of antibiotic resistance/sensitivity

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sensitive
intermediate
resistance

58
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What does ‘intermediate’ mean in terms of antibiotic resistance

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higher dose of antibiotic needed

59
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Minimum inhibitory concentration =

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Minimum conc below which bacterial growth is not inhibited (need to be above MIC)

60
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innate resistance

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bacteria lacks a suitable target or is impermeable to the drug

61
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acquired resistance

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resistance acquired via mutation or gene transfer

62
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Major mechanisms of bacterial resistance:

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  • modify target
  • limit access (reduce penetration, increase efflux)
  • bypass pathway
  • enzymatic inactivation
63
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S.aureus developed resitance to beta-lactams in 2 ways=

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beta-lactamases

alter PBP so beta-lactam can’t fit

64
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Ex of mechanisms which can cause multi-drug resistance

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efflux pumps

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