CD 07 Flashcards
How are antibiotic drugs classified?
- By their effect on bacteria
- By their spectrum of activity
- Mechanism of action
What does Bacteriostatic mean?
Inhibit bacterial growth and replication
Bactericidal mean ?
Kill bacteria
What is Narrow spectrum: ?
Limited to specific microbe families
What is Broad spectrum?
Extensive, affects Gram +/Gram -
According to the mechanism of action Antibiotics are classified in 3 broad classes. However in class 1 reaction what energy source Bacteria use
Host and organism similar
Bacteria can use alternative energy sources
in Class II drugs antibiotics works on
Synthesis of essential growth factors
E.g. folate synthesis
In Class III drugs antibiotics works on
Assembly of macromolecules
DNA, RNA, proteins
Peptidoglycans
What are the unwanted effects of antibiotics?
- Gastrointestinal toxicity
2. Nephrotoxicity
What are the unwanted effects of antibiotics?
Idiosyncratic reactions
Skin rashes, eruptions, itching
Liver toxicity
Blood cells (hematological toxicity e.g. anemia)
In bacteria How Folate synthesis work?
PABA converted to (Para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA) is a chemical found in the folic acid) =>DHF=>THF=>Purine and Methionine and Thymidylate
Does (Sulfonamides) Sulfadiazine is static or cidal?
• BacterioSTATIC(Gram+/-)
Pharmacokinetics of sulfadiazine
Mostly absorbed orally
Metabolised in liver
Excreted by kidney (t1/2 =12h)
What are the Unwanted effect of sulfadiazine?
Stevens-Johnson Syndrome
Hypersensitivity reactions
Hepatitis
Bone marrow suppression
Clinical Use of sulfadiazine
Inflammatory bowel disease (sulphasalazine)
For infected burns
topical: silver sulfadiazine
Trimethoprim is a bacterio static or bacterio cidal ?
Bacterio static for both G+ or G- bacteria
Trimethoprim inhibit ?
Inhibits dihydrofolate reductase
Synergistically prevent folate synthesis
PK of Trimethoprim
Given orally
Fully absorbed from GI tract
High conc. in lung, kidney,
Eliminated by the kidney (t1/2 =24)
Unwanted effects of TMP ?
Folate deficiency=> megaloblastic anaemia (long term use) Nausea, vomiting Blood disorders Rashes
Clinical Use of TMP?
Urinary tract infections(UTI)
Bacterial DNA replication Occurs by what?
Binary fission