Antimicrobials Flashcards
These are just the anchors.
Polyene Antifungals
“Ergo, Fan-Fan Can-Can Frog Dancing Polywogs”
General Tx: “MY CHuBy Yeasts and Molds [CCC,AM]”
Drugs: “FAN”»_space; Flute player with Mohawk helmet and bone cast playing Act V, Tears holes in amphibian terrarium [leaking K’s], “Be NYCE to lab animals’ vaginas” sign [tx for VOC]
Azole Antifungals
“We’re not just in candida anymore” [not azole antibiotics]
General moa/ae: cyp450 broken wagon (moa)=liver dysfx.
Drugs: VICK’s Flu»_space; “the good witch has 2 ITerations but is stuck in VORtex full of flashing stars” [both tx SHAB VOC], High flying monkey in mohawk helmet is baboon so you see his Az-hole” [high CNS penetration for coccidio meningitis], “Cowardly lion getting CLOse TRIM near ‘tinea-ring-worm’ around his butt while he holds ‘My Cone!’” [while terbinafine is best for tinea ungium, these tx capitis], “Tinman puts his key in a kidney” [topical tx for tinea but inhibits desmolase/steroid synth = tx for Cushings]
CYP450 Inhibitors
SICKFACES.COM Group: sodium valproate, isoniazid, cimetidine, ketoconazole, fluconazole, alcohol, chloramphenicol, erythromycin, sulfonamides, ciprofloxacin, omeprazole, metronidazole, grapefruit juice
Drugs with Disulfiram Like Reactions
“Sorry Pluto Can’t Go To Mars”»_space; sulfonylureas, procarbizine [cancer], cephalosporins, griseofulvin, metronidazole
Systemic Antifungals
“my FAVE antifungals treat systemically”»_space; fluconazole, amphotericin, voricanazole, echinocandins
Alt “GET” Antifungals
Drugs: GET»_space; “Tin man needs GRISE, STAT!” [wizard has oil can], “Polysacc pattern in hay looks like EtCH’d CANDy or a FUN GIN”, “Wizard’s TERBan fell in the SQUALENE [squealing] pig pen”
CYP450 Inducers
Chronic Alcoholics Steal Phen-Phen and Never Refuse Greasy Carbs: chronic alcoholism, St. Johns Wort, Phenytoin, Phenobarbital, Nevirapine, Rifampin, Griseofulvin, Carbamazepine
