LEC 15 - Introduction to Chemotherapy Flashcards
What bacterial group is most commonly the ones that undergo conjugation?
Gram-negative
What drugs cannot be used in food animals? (8)
Fluoroquinolones
Chloramphenicol
Nitroimidazoles
Furazolidone
Nitrofurazone
Nitrofurans
Sulfonamides - lactating cattle
Vancomycin
Mechanism of action - Macrolides
50S
Inhibits translocation
Drugs for: Cell membrane
Polymyxins
Component of transformation -
Free DNA
What are the five chemotherapy agents that cause renal toxicity?
Cephalosporins
Vancomycin
Aminoglycosides
Sulfonamides
Amphotericin
Mutation type for Quinolone resistance?
Gyrase gene mutation
Mechanism of resistance - Beta lactams
Penicillinase
Modification of PBP’s
Change of porins
How is Staph Aureus resistant?
Penicllinase via a plasmid
Mechanism of action - Fluoroquinolones
Inhibiting topoisomerase
How is multiple drug resistance transmitted between bacteria?
Plasmids
How does conjugation pass along antibacterial resistance?
Passage of genes from cell to cell by DIRECT CONTACT through sex pilus or bridge
Can spread multi-drug resistance
How does transformation cause resistance to be passed along?
Incorporation of DNA that has been found free in the environment into the bacterial genome
What are the eight chemotherapy agents that cause hepatotoxicty?
Tetracyclines
Erthromycin estolate
Clindamycin
methotrexate
6-mercaptopurine
Sulfonamides
Amphotericin B
Doxorubicin
What are the two chemotherapy agents that cause photosensitivity?
Tetracyclines
Fluroquinolones
Component of conjugation -
Transfer of genes through sex pilus
Describe bactericidal activity
No remarkable difference between bacteriostatic and bactericidal concentrations
Drugs for: Protein synthesis 50s
Erythromycin
Chloramphenico
Clindamycin
What are the three methods by which horizontal transfer can occur?
Transformation
Transduction
Conjugation
Mechanism of action - Sulfonamides
Inhibition of folic acid synthesis
What are the two drugs that can cause hemolytic anemias?
Sulfonamides
Nitrofurantoin
What are the ways resistance can be acquired?
Vertically
Horizontially
Drugs for: DNA-Dependent RNA polymerase
Rifampin
Mechanism of action - Chloramphenicol
50S
Inhibit transpeptidation
What are the three antibacterial agents that have become useless due to an increase in resistance in previously susceptible cells?
Streptomycin
Quinolones
Rifampin
What are the six mechanisms that a bacteria can be resistant to a drug?
Fails to absorb drug
Inactivates the drug
Pumps out drug
Target to drug is modified
Increased production of target molecules
Altered metabolic pathway bypassing drug target
Mechanism of resistance - Sulfonamides
Decreased sensitivity of the target enzymes
increased formation of PABA
Use of exogenous folate
Drugs for: DNA replication
Nalidixic acid
Quinolones