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beta-lactam inhibitors - penicillin Flashcards

1
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Vary in resistance to gastric acid
 Vary in their oral bioavailability
 Polar compounds
 Not metabolized extensively

A

penicillins

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penicillins are excreted unchanged or changed

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unchanged

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3
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penicillins Excreted unchanged in urine via

 Inhibited by probenecid

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 Glomerular filtration

 Tubular excretion

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Tubular excretion of penicillin is Inhibited by —

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probenecid

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5
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Major antibiotics that inhibit cell wall synthesis

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Penicillins

Cephalosporins

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 Partly excreted in bile

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Ampicillin and nafcililin

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penicillins are Derivatives of ?

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6-aminopenicillanic acid

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8
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Plasma half-life of penicillins vary from –

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30 min to 1 h

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9
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Given intramuscularly
Long half-lives
Drug is released slowly
Cross blood-brain barrier when meninges are inflamed

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Procaine and benzathine penicillin G

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penicillin inhibit cell wall synthesis by the following steps

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  1. Binding of the drug to specific receptors (penicillin-binding proteins [PBPs]) located in the bacterial cytoplasmic membrane
  2. Inhibition of transpeptidase enzymes that act to cross-link linear peptidoglycan chains
  3. Activation of autolytic enzymes that cause lesions in the bacterial cell wall
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11
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? hydrolysis of the beta-lactam ring results in the lost of antibacterial activity

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Enzymatic

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 Penicillinases

 Formed by most staphylococci and gram (-) organisms

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beta lactamases

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 Major mechanism for bacterial resistance

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beta lactamases

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14
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Another mechanism of bacterial resistance
responsible for:
 Methicillin resistance in staphylococci
 Penicillin G resistance in pneumococci

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Structural changes in target PBPs

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 Contribute to resistance by impeding access of penicillin to PBPs
 Resistance in some gram (-) rods like P. aeruginosa

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Changes in the porin structure in the outer membrane

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16
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3 types of resistance to penicillin

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beta lactamases
Structural changes in target PBPs
Changes in the porin structure in the outer membrane

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17
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 Prototype Narrow-spectrum penicillinase-susceptible agents

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penicillin G

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18
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PENICILLIN G
	Prototype of narrow-spectrum penicillinase-susceptible agents
	Parenteral 
	Limited spectrum of activity
	Susceptible to beta-lactamases
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PENICILLIN G

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	For infections caused by 
	Streptococci
	Meningococci
	Gram (+) bacilli
	Spirochetes
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PENICILLIN G

20
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 Drug of choice for syphilis

 Activity against enterococci is enhanced by aminoglycoside

A

PENICILLIN G

21
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 Oral drug

 Oropharyngeal infections

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PENICILLIN V

22
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Very-narrow-spectrum penicillinase-resistant agents (3)

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METHICILLIN (prototype), NAFCILLIN, OXACILLIN

23
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 Treatment of known or suspected staphylococcal infections
 Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) and S. epidermidis (MRSE) are resistant to other members of this subgroup and often to multiple antimicrobial drugs

A

METHICILLIN (prototype), NAFCILLIN, OXACILLIN

24
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  1. Wider spectrum penicillinase-susceptible agents
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ampicillin and amoxicillin

PIPERACILLIN and TICARCILLIN

25
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	Wider spectrum than pen G 
	Susceptible to penicillinases
	Uses similar to pen G  
	Enterococci		 L. monocytogenes
	E. coli			P. mirabilis
	H. influenzae		M. catarrhalis
	Enhanced activity in combination with inhibitors of penicillinases
	Synergistic (1+1=3) with aminoglycosides in enterococcal and listerial infections
A

ampicillin and amoxicillin

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 Activity against gram (-) rods
 Pseudomonas
 Enterobacter
 Some cases of klebsiella species
 Synergistic action with aminoglycosides
 Susceptible to penicillinases
 Enhanced activity in combination with inhibitors of penicillinases

A

PIPERACILLIN and TICARCILLIN

27
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toxcity of penicillin

A

allergy

GI disturbances

28
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toxcity of penicillin

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allergy

GI disturbances

29
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can cause neutropenia

30
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causes maculopapular rashes

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Ampicillin

31
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causes interstitial nephritis more than other penicillins

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Methicillin

32
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cross-allergenicity (complete or not)

33
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GI disturbances are caused by

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 Oral penicillins especially ampicillin

34
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specific GI disturbances

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nausea and diarrhea

35
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Pseudomembranous colitis

Maybe caused by (2)

A

direct irritation or by overgrowth of gram (+) organisms or yeasts

36
Q

An antimicrobial drug that can eradicate an infection in the absence of host defense
mechanisms; kills bacteria

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bactericidal

37
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An antimicrobial drug that inhibits antimicrobial growth but requires host defense
mechanisms to eradicate the infection; does not kill bacteria

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Bacteriostatic

38
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Drugs with structures containing a beta-lactam ring: includes the penicillins, cephalosporins
and carbapenems. This ring must be intact for antimicrobial action

A

Beta-lactam antibiotics

39
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Bacterial enzymes (penicillinases, cephalosporinases) that hydrolyze the beta-lactam ring of
certain penicillins and cephalosporins
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Beta-lactamases

40
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Potent inhibitors of some bacterial beta-lactamases used in combinations to protect
hydrolyzable penicillins from inactivation

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Beta-lactam inhibitors

41
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Lowest concentration of antimicrobial drug capable of inhibiting growth of an organism in a
defined growth medium

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Minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC)

42
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Bacterial cytoplasmic membrane proteins that act as the initial receptors for penicillins and
other beta-lactam antibiotics

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Penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs)

43
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Chains of polysaccharides and polypeptides that are cross-linked to form the bacterial cell wall

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Peptidoglycan

44
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More toxic to the invader than to the host; a property of useful antimicrobial drugs

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Selective toxicity

45
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Bacterial enzymes involved in the cross-linking of linear peptidoglycan chains, the final step in
cell wall synthesis

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Transpeptidases

45
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Cross allergenicity with penicillins (complete, incomplete, partial) is assumed

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Complete cross allergenicity must be assumed

46
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T or F: 5-10% of patients with history of allergic rxns to penicillin will have the same rxn when given again

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