beta-lactam inhibitors - penicillin Flashcards
Vary in resistance to gastric acid
Vary in their oral bioavailability
Polar compounds
Not metabolized extensively
penicillins
penicillins are excreted unchanged or changed
unchanged
penicillins Excreted unchanged in urine via
Inhibited by probenecid
Glomerular filtration
Tubular excretion
Tubular excretion of penicillin is Inhibited by —
probenecid
Major antibiotics that inhibit cell wall synthesis
Penicillins
Cephalosporins
Partly excreted in bile
Ampicillin and nafcililin
penicillins are Derivatives of ?
6-aminopenicillanic acid
Plasma half-life of penicillins vary from –
30 min to 1 h
Given intramuscularly
Long half-lives
Drug is released slowly
Cross blood-brain barrier when meninges are inflamed
Procaine and benzathine penicillin G
penicillin inhibit cell wall synthesis by the following steps
- Binding of the drug to specific receptors (penicillin-binding proteins [PBPs]) located in the bacterial cytoplasmic membrane
- Inhibition of transpeptidase enzymes that act to cross-link linear peptidoglycan chains
- Activation of autolytic enzymes that cause lesions in the bacterial cell wall
? hydrolysis of the beta-lactam ring results in the lost of antibacterial activity
Enzymatic
Penicillinases
Formed by most staphylococci and gram (-) organisms
beta lactamases
Major mechanism for bacterial resistance
beta lactamases
Another mechanism of bacterial resistance
responsible for:
Methicillin resistance in staphylococci
Penicillin G resistance in pneumococci
Structural changes in target PBPs
Contribute to resistance by impeding access of penicillin to PBPs
Resistance in some gram (-) rods like P. aeruginosa
Changes in the porin structure in the outer membrane
3 types of resistance to penicillin
beta lactamases
Structural changes in target PBPs
Changes in the porin structure in the outer membrane
Prototype Narrow-spectrum penicillinase-susceptible agents
penicillin G
PENICILLIN G Prototype of narrow-spectrum penicillinase-susceptible agents Parenteral Limited spectrum of activity Susceptible to beta-lactamases
PENICILLIN G