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Cell Wall Agents (Bactericidal) Flashcards

1
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what does the cell wall of gram negative bacteria look like

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lipopolysaccharide and porins

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what does cell wall of gram positive bacteria look like

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murein (peptidoglycan outside)

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how to build peptidoglycan

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synthesis of murein monomers that are polymerized and crosslinked by transpeptidase

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what are penicillin binding proteins

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transpeptidases

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what do PBP do

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crosslink murein chains (to make peptidoglycan)

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when do cell wall agents actually kill?

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when cell walls are synthesizing

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which drugs are inhibitors of murein monomer synthesis

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  1. fosfomycin
  2. cycloserine
  3. bacitracin
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MOA of fosfomycin

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inhibits synthesis of UDP-NAM from UDP-NAG by inhibiting MurA

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how does fosfomycin enter cell

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via transporters for glycerophosphate or glucose 6 phosphate

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10
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what is fosfomycin used for

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gram negative bacteria in urinary tract - single dose for uncomplicated lower UTI in women

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what causes resistance to fosfomycin

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mutations in transporters

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12
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what species does fosfomycin act against

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e coli, klebsiella, serratia

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MOA of bacitracin

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interferes with dephosphorylation of bactoprenyl diphosphate, which is a bactoprenol lipid carrier necessary for murein monomer synthesis and export)

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14
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adverse effects of bacitracin

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significant kidney, neuro and bone marrow toxicity so is not used systemically - only topically or GI tract

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15
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how is bacitracin used?

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used to treat c diff or VRE in GI tract bc is not orally absorbed (stays in lumen)

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16
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which drugs are inhibitors of murein polymerization?

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  1. vancomycin
  2. telavancin
  3. daptomycin
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17
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what kind of antibiotic is vancomycin

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glycopeptide antibiotic

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MOA of vancomycin

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bind to D-Ala-D-Ala terminus of murein monomer unit, inhibiting peptidogylcan polymerization (blocks addition of murein units to growing polymer chain)

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19
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what is vancomycin effective against

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gram positive ONLY rods and cocci including MRSA

orally for c diff

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20
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how is resistance against vancomycin occur

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acquisition of DNA encoding enzymes that catalyze formation of D-Ala-D-lactate which is not bound by vancomycin, alter permeability

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21
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when is vancomycin used orally?

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only for c diff (because not absorbed orally)

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22
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what is red man syndrome

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flushing and itching that is due to vancomycin causing mast cell degranulation –> release of histamine

due to amount and rate of IV vancomycin infusion NOT IgE release or allergic reaction

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ADE of vancomycin

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nephrotoxic and ototoxic when given IV

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24
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which drugs bind to mast cells and cause degranulation?

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vancomycin and morphine

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25
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when does red man syndrome occur

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4-10min after start of vancomycin (or morphine) infusion or shortly after completion

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26
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how to monitor vancomycin levels

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need to monitor the trough (level right before the next dose is due)

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27
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how is vancomycin cleared

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renally

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28
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how does vancomycin have bactericidal activity

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time dependent killing, bactericidal activity continues as long as plasma concentration is greater than minimum bactericidal concentration

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what is daptomycin effective against

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gram positive only

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30
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moa of daptomycin

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bind to bacterial cell membrane, cause depolarization, disruption of functions and death

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what is daptomycin used for

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  1. MSSA/MRSA skin infections or bacteremia

2. right sided endocarditis

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32
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why can’t daptomycin be used for pneumonia?

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is inactivated by pulmonary surfactant

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33
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ADE of daptomycin

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myopathy (monitor CK) and nerve conduction deficits

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34
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how is daptomycin cleared

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renally

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35
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what are the beta lactams?

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  1. penicillins
  2. cephalosporins
  3. carbapenams
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36
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what is the general MOA of all beta lactams?

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inhibit transpeptidases that mediate crosslinking because beta lactam ring is the structural analogue of terminal D-Ala-D-Ala

is bactericidal as long as cells are growing

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37
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what is D-Ala-D-ala

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a substrate for one or more bacterial transpeptidases (penicillin binding protein)

beta lactam rings irreversibly bind to PCP

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38
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what are penicillin binding proteins?

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transpeptidases that are responsible for synthesis of peptidoglycan wall (crosslink murein chains), and are the target of penicillin and cephalosporins

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39
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what determines beta lactam’s spectrum of activity?

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  1. ability to enter periplasmic space

2. affinity for specific transpeptidases

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40
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what organisms are resistant to beta lactam drugs?

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organisms that lack peptidoglycan cell walls – mycobacteria and protozoa

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how do bacteria become resistant to beta lactam drugs?

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produce beta lactamases that clip the beta lactam ring so it cannot bind to transpeptidase

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42
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how is beta lactam resistance transferred

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encoded on DNA plasmids from 1 bacteria to the other

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43
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how are antistaphylococcal penicillins helpful against resistance?

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have steric hinderence to beta lactamases that are produced by staph

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what is added to beta lactams to help with resistance?

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beta lactamase inhibitors added to prevent beta lactamase catalyzed degradation of penicillin

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45
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what drugs prevent beta lactamase from degrading the drugs?

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cephalosporins and carbapenams because of steric hinderance – but extended spectrum beta lactamase and carbapenemases have emerged to resist

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46
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how are bacteria beta lactam resistant

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have alterations in or acquisition of PBP, but most drugs are active against multiple transpeptidases so the bacteria would have to mutate ALL PBP to be fully resistant

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47
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what are gram positive bacteria inherently resistant to?

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aztreonam

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48
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what are enterococci inherently resistant to

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cephalosporins

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49
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how is MRSA so resistant to everything

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has altered ALL of its PBP so it has inherent resistance to beta lactams

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50
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what is MRSA NOT resistant to

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ceftaroline

51
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how to gram negative bacteria become beta lactam resistant

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they alter their porins

52
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how do intracellular bacteria have resistance

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mammalian cells lack beta lactam uptake mechanism

53
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which are the beta lactamase inhibitors

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  1. clavulanic acid
  2. sulbactam
  3. tazobactam
54
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MOA beta lactamase inhibitors

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resemble beta lactam molecules so the bacteria recognize them and cleave them instead of the “real drug”

55
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what is amoxicillin/clavulanate

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beta lactamase inhibitor - augmentin

56
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what is augmentin used for

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  1. acute otitis media where beta lactamase positive strains are likely
  2. URI
  3. UTI
  4. soft tissue when caused by beta lactamase + strain (MSSA)
57
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why is it hard to kill bacteria attached to implanted devices (biofilms)?

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because beta lactams are most active in the logarithmic phase (takes out walls as they are produced)

58
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what if a pt has an IgE mediated reaction

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do not use other beta lactams because there could be cross reactivity

59
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what if a pt has type IV hypersensitivity

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can use other beta lactams

60
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beta lactam ADE

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  1. type I or IV hypersensitivity
  2. interstitial nephritis
  3. rash
  4. eosinophilia
  5. serum sickness (drug fever)
  6. hemolysis (lupus)
61
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what ADE occurs at high doses or in renal impaired pt?

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seizures because beta lactams are GABA antagonists

62
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how is ceftriaxone cleared

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lipophilic so ceftriaxone is highly bound to albumin. it can displace bilirubin from albumin binding to sites in neonates (causing hyperbilirubinemia)

63
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why is ceftriaxone contraindicated in neonates

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can displace bilirubin from albumin binding to sites in neonates – hyperbilirubinemia

64
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why is impienem dangerous

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high high risk of seizures bc GABA antagonist

65
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how are most beta lactams cleared?

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renally cleared except ceftriaxone

66
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what does penicillin have greatest activity

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gram + and gram - cocci, non beta lactamase producing anaerobes

67
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what are antistaphylococcal penicillins effective against

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staph and strep

NOT enterococci, anaerobic and gram negative cocci and rods

68
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what are extended spectrum penicillins effective against

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greatest activity against gram + and gram - cocci and non beta lactamase producing anaerobes, improved activity against gram - organisms

69
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what is the drug of choice for syphillis

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penicillin

70
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what is penicillin G or V effective against

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NOT USED IN STAPH

strep, syphilis, g+ anaerobes except bacteriodes or c diff, neisseria, spirochetes

71
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half life of penicillin

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30-90min

72
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when can pregnant women take penicillin?

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if they have T palladium – is super effective against t pallidium

73
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which are the aminopenicillins

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ampicillin and amoxicillin

74
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spectrum that aminopenicillins cover

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non beta lactamase producing neisseria, escherichia, haemophilus, enterococci, listeria, h pylori, klebsiella

75
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what if add beta lactamase to aminopenicillin?

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cover h influenzae and enterobacteriaceae

76
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what are aminopenicillins first line for?

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acute otitis media, neonatal meningitis (with gentamicin), uncomplicated enterococcal or proteus mirabilis UTI, dental prophylaxis

77
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what are the penicillinase-resistant penicillins

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  1. oxacillin
  2. nafcillin
  3. cloxacillin
  4. methicillin
78
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what are the penicillinase resistant penicillins against

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antistaphylococcal – for confirmed staph infections – endocarditis, osteomyelitis, skin/soft tissue, pneumo

also for strep bacteria

79
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what does naficillin cover

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gram + only

80
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which are the antipseudomonal penicillins?

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ticarcillin

piperacillin

81
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what has the broadest spectrum of penicillins

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piperacillin when combined with tazobactam

82
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what is the spectrum of antipseudomonal penicillins

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staph aureus, coag negative strep, strep pneumo, strep species, h influenzae, moraxella catarrhalis, neisseria meningititis, neisseria gonorrheae, e coli, klebsiella, pseudomonas, enterobactericeae, bacteriodes

83
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what can cause MSSA

A

beta lactamases

84
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what can cause MRSA

A

is inherently resistant

85
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how is amoxicillin absorbed?

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extensively absorbed PO so not good for shigella or salmonella

86
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are penicillins safe for pregnancy?

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generally

87
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most common resistance to penicillins

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inactivation by beta lactamase

88
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how do pneumococci and enterococci have resistance to penicillins

A

modification of target PBP

89
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how do gram - have resistance to penicillins?

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impaired penetration of drug to target PBP and increased antibiotic efflux

90
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what are cephalosporins NOT effective against

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  1. listeria monocytogenes
  2. atypical pathogens in pneumonia like mycoplasma or chlamydia
  3. MRSA except 5th gen
  4. enterococci

“LAME”

91
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what are cephalosporins susceptable to

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ESBL but not most “wimpy” beta lactamases

92
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what are 1st gen cephalosporins effective against

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gram +

some gram -

93
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2nd gen cephs effective against

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better gram -
less gram+
some anaerobes

94
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3rd gen cephs effective against

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better gram - than the 2nd
some anaerobes
less + than 1st

95
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4th gen cephs effective against

A

better gram -
some anaerobes
less +
PSEUDOMONAS

96
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5th gen cephs effective against

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better gram -
some anaerobes
less +
MRSA

97
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which are the 1st gen cephalosporins

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  1. cephalexin
  2. cefazolin

don’t let the LEXicon FAZe you, 1st gen are the only ones with a PH

98
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1st gen ceph effective against

A

gram + plus PEcK

proteus
e coli
klebsiella

UTI caused by these plus saprophyticus

99
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2nd gen cephalosporins

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cefprozil 
cefotetan
cefoxitin
cefuroxime 
cefaclor

she nearly FPROZ going through the TETons so she wore her FOX FUR FACe

100
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what do 2nd cephs cover

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gram + plus HENPEcK

haemophilus, enterobacter, neisseria, proteus, e coli, klebsiella

101
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what 2nd gen may cover bacteroides fragilis? for abd or gyn surgeries

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cefotetan and cefoxitin

tetans have foxes

102
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what are cefuroxime/cefprozil used for

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lymes, acute otitis media, URI

103
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what are the 3rd gen cephalosporins

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cefdinir
ceftriaxone
cefazidime
cefotaxime

104
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what are 3rd gen cephs effective against

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enterobacteriaceae, neisseria, h influenzae, pneumococci

105
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which 3rd gen are helpful against pneumococci

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ceftriaxone

cefotaxime

106
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what 3rd gen ceph is used for pseudomonas

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ceftaxidime

107
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what is a 4th gen ceph

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cefepime

108
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what does cefepime cover

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broad spectrum including PSEUDOMONAS

109
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what is a 5th gen ceph

A

ceftaroline

110
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what does ceftaroline cover

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like ceftriaxone (pneumo-CAP) that covers MRSA

111
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what are the carbapenams

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  1. imipenem/cilastatin
  2. ertapenem
  3. doripenem
  4. meropenem
112
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what are carbapenams not effective against

A

atypical pneumonia, legionella, MRSA, or carbapenamase producing strains

113
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what are carbapenams effective against

A

ESBL gram - (but not carbapenamase +), PSEUDOMONAS, actinobacter, anaerobes

114
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what is added to imipenem and why

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cilastatin to prevent deactivation by dipeptidases in the renal brush borders – the inactivation results in low urinary concentration

115
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adverse effects carbapenams

A

seizures (imipenem)

116
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what is the monobactam

A

aztreonam

117
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what is aztreonam safe in

A

safe even in severe beta lactam allergy (except ceftazidime bc has identical side chain)

118
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profile of aztreonam

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aerobic gram -, including PSEUDOMONAS

119
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what to do if type I hypersensitivity to penicillin, cephalosporin, carbapenam?

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avoid other classes (can use aztreonam) unless benefit outweighs risk

120
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what to do if type IV hypersensitivity to beta lactams?

A

just switch to different class

121
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use of cell wall agents in neonates

A

ceftriaxone may displace bilirubin so don’t use it, don’t give IV calcium with it

122
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what cell wall agents are safe in pregnancy

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vancomyin and beta lactams general safe

123
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what are cephalosporins not effective against?

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enterococcus, MRSA, listeria, atypical pneumonia

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