Chloramphenicol & derivates Flashcards
Quiz 1
what type of antimicrobial interferes with bacterial protein synthesis ?
- Chloramphenicol & its derivatives
- Macrolides
- lincosamides
How does the antimicrobial interfere with bacterial protein synthesis ?
inhibits of 50s Ribosomal binders
what is the source for Chloramphenicol & its derivatives ?
- streptomyces venezulae
2. manufactured synthetically
What structures of chloramphenicol & its derivatives depend on efficiency of the drug?
- p-nitrophenol group
- dichloroacetyl group
- Alcoholic group
what are the general features of chloramphenicol?
- bacteriostatic
- lipid soluble , neutral compound
- antibacterial antagonism
what are the derivatives of chloramphenicol?
- Thiamphenicol
2. florfenicol
what is the mechanism of action for chloramphenicol ?
- inhibits bacterial protein synthesis
- permeate into bacteria & reversible binds to 50s ribosomal subunit
- inhibits bacterial enzyme peptide transferase
- inhibits peptide formation
What is signifiant about mammalian mitochondrial ribosome with chloramphenicol?
inhibits mammalian mitochondrial protein synthesis
What should never be done with antimicrobial the interference with bacterial protein synthesis?
combed together - antibacterial antagonism
what his the microbial susceptibility of chloramphenicol?
broad spectrum antibiotic
- gram + bacteria
- gram - bacteria
- anaerobes
- Mycoplasma , rickettsia
what are the species of gram + bacteria that can be treated with chloramphenicol ?
- staphylococci sp. ( S. aureus)
2. Streptococci (S. pyogenes)
what are the species of gram - bacteria that can be treated with chloramphenicol ?
- Escherichia coli
- bordetella bronchiseptiica
- Pasteurella sp.
- Proteus vulgaris
- Salmonella sp.
- Shigella sp.
what are the species off anaerobes that can be treated with chloramphenicol ?
- Actinomyces sp.
- clostridium sp.
- bactericides sp.
- Fusobacterium sp.
what is the pharmacokinetics of absorption for chloramphenicol ?
- highly lipid soluble
2. well absorbed in oral & parental route
What type of animal is the absorption is good & rapid ?
- monogastrics
2. preruminants
what type of animal is chloramphenicol inactive during absorption?
ruminants - ruminal microorganism