Cell Wall Antibiotics Flashcards
Environment for metronidazole
Use
Anaerobic
Good for brain or abdomen
Environment for Aminoglycosides
Aerobic
“The Usual” AB treatment
Combo of extended spectrum penicillin, beta lactamase inhibitor, and vancomycin
General mechanisms of resistance
Enzyme inactivation, alteration of target site, altered bacterial membrane, efflux pumps, and environmental
What type of bacteria is resistant to almost all AB’s?
Carbapenem resistant enterobacteriacae
Most common in Klebsiella
Klebsiella producing carbapenemase (KPC)
New Delhi Metallo-beta-lactamase 1 (NDM)
What is mechanism of methicillin resistance?
Altered PBPs
Which bugs use efflux pumps?
Against which drugs?
Gram Neg and S pneumoniae
Tetracyclin, quinolones, and macrolides
4 families of beta lactams
penicillins, cephalosporins, carbapenems, and monobactams
Penicillins Type of killing Subtypes Resistance due to? Adverse rxns
Time-dependent killing (short half life)
Natural penicillins, aminopenicillins, Semi-synthetic penicillins, extended spectrum penicillins, penicillin / beta lactamase inhibitor combinations
Resistance caused by beta lactamase, changes in outer membrane porins, or altered PBPs
Advers rxns: rash, hypersensitivity, diarrhea, cytopenia, renal impairment.
Natural penicillins
Drugs
Spectrum
DOC for which conditions?
- Penicillin G Benzathine (IM) – Low concentrations over many weeks. Tx syphilis.
- Penicillin G (IV) – High serum concentrations. Tx endocarditis or brain abscess.
SPECTRUM
•Gram-positives: streptococci (DOC), most enterococci, most pneumococci, Peptostreptococcus, Listeria, Clostridia (gas gangrene, add clindamycin)
•Gram-negatives: Pasturella (caused by animal bites), Neisseria meningitidis
•Spirochetes: Treponema pallidum (syphilis), Borrelia species (Lyme disease)
•Periodontal infections
DOC for Streptococci and Syphillis
Aminopenicillins Comparison to natural penicillins Drugs Spectrum Resistance Use
Better Gram (-) coverage than natural penicillins.
•Amoxicillin (oral)
•Ampicillin (IV) – not on list
•Spectrum same as natural penicillins + some Gram Neg (E coli, Proteus mirablis, Haemophilus).
Does not work for bugs w/ beta-lactamase.
•Use – Upper and lower respiratory infections (pharyngitis, otitis, sinusitis, pneumonia), UTI, enterococcus, listeria, endocarditis prophylaxis for dental work
Semi-synthetic penicillins
Drugs
Use
Spectrum
Dicloxacillin (oral) – tx mild infections such as cellulitis
Oxacillin (IV) – tx more severe Staph infections such as endocarditis or osteomyelitis. Good CNS penetration
DOC for Staph (non-MRSA or MRSE). Treat bacteria w/ beta-lactamase properties, such as Staph aureus, which are resistant to natural penicillins.
•Spectrum – Narrow. Only used for Staph.
Penicillin / Beta-Lactamase Inhibitors Drugs Spectrum What if H influenzae does not make beta lactamase? Use
- Amoxicillin-clavulanic acid (oral) – Tx outpatient infections. Bites.
- Piperacillin-tazobactam (IV) – Tx nosocomial infections. Pseudomonas.
- Spectrum – Same as penicillin + beta-lactamase organisms: S aureus, E coli, Haemophilus influenzae, Moraxella catarrhalis, Klebsiella, Bacteriodes, anaerobes
- 70% of H influenzae does NOT make beta-lactamase. Use amoxicillin.
- Use – Upper and lower respiratory tract infections, head / neck infections, SSTI’s (cellulitis), animal / human bites, intraabdominal infections, pseudomonas
Cephalosporins Type of killing Mechanism Resistance Adverse effects Which bugs do cephalosporins NOT work for? Which drugs do / do not enter CSF?
Time-dependent killing
Beta lactam inhibits cell wall synthesis
Resistance due to beta lactamase, changes in outer membrane porins, or altered PBP
Adverse Rxns - Few. Rash, cross-rxn w/ penicillin, diarrhea
Do NOT work for enterococci, Listeria, Chlamydia, or Mycoplasma
3rd gen (Ceftriaxone and Ceftazadime) and 4th ten (Cefepime) enter CSF. 1st and 2nd generation do not.
1st Generation Cephalosporins
Drugs
Spectrum
Use
- Cephalexin (oral)
- Cefazolin (IV) – perioperative AB prophylaxis
- Spectrum – Gram Pos cocci including Strep and MSSA
- Use – SSTI from Strep and Staph. Perioperative AB prophylaxis