B-Lactams, Quinolones, Macrolides and Ketolides Flashcards
B-lactam Antibiotic Classifications
Penicillins, Cephalosporins, Carbapenems, Monobactams
B-lactam Characteristics
mostly renally eliminated, most have short half-lives, most have poor cns penetration
Penicillin classifications
natural penicillins, antistaphylococcal penicillins, aminopenicillins, carboxypenicillins, ureidopenicillins, b-lactamase inhibitor combinations
Natural penicillins
penicillin g, benzathinine and vk
antistaphylococcal penicillins
nafcillin, oxacilllin, methicillin (off market), doxloxacillin*
aminopenicillins
ampicillin, amoxicillin
carboxypenicillins
ticarcillin
ureidopenicillins
pipercillin
b-lactamase inhibitor combinations
amp/clav*, amp/sulb; ticar/clav; pip/tazo
Cephalosporin characteristic
more stable (than b-lactams?) against b-lactamases = broader spectrum of activity not active against most eslb's, enterococci and listeria
1st Gen Cephalosporin
cefazolin, chephalexin, cefadroxil
1st Gen Cephalosporins used for
skin/ skin-structure, surgical prophalaxis, uti, endocarditis
1st Gen Cephalosprins used against
(gram +)
S. aureus (MSSA), Steptococci, E.Coli, Klebsiella
2nd Gen Cephalosporin
cefotetan, cefoxitin, cefmetazole, cefuroxime*, cefprozil
2nd Gen Cephalosporin used for
colorectal, urogenital, low/upper RTI
2nd Gen Cephalosporin used against
( enhanced gram - , enhanced anaerobe, sum gram +)
H. influenza ( penicillin resistant)
M. catarralis and Neisseria sp
Bacteroides sp. ( anaerobe)( including B. frag)
Proteus, Klebsiella.
Not as active at gram + as 1st gen
Cephalosporin that covers anaerobes below the waist
cefoxitin
cefoxitin used for
polymicrobial infections, intra-abdominal infections, gynecologic
3rd Gen Cephalosporin w/ activity against MSSA/ strep/ gram -
Ceftriaxone, cefdinir, cefixime, cefotaxime