Lecture 1: Pharm of Renal Infections Flashcards
What type of UTI is most likely in a nonpregnant women without anatomic abnormalities or instrumentation of the urinary tract?
Uncomplicated UTI
What are some of the predisposing factors which would make a UTI be considered complicated?
- Urinary obstruction
- Urinary retention caused by neuro disease
- Immunosuppression
- Renal failure or Renal Transplantation
- Pregnancy
- Foreign bodies: Calculi or Indwelling Catheters
UPEC relies on what adhesive organelle to form a biofilm?
Type 1 pili, antigen 43, curli
How is P. mirabilis able to form a biofilm for inhabiting the urinary tract?
What are the components of this biofilm?
- Produce urease
- Calcium crystals + magnesium ammonium phosphate precipitates
- Crystalline biofims
How is P. aeruginosa able to form a biofilm for inhabiting the urinary tract?
What are the components of this biofilm?
- Changes hydrophobicity of its surface
- Uses lectins, rhamnolipids
What does E. faecalis use to form a biofilm?
Fibrinogen
A young, non-pregnant female presents with dysuria, frequency, urgency, nocturia, and some suprapubic discomfort. On PE you notice some gross hematuria.
What type of UTI does this fit the criteria of?
Uncomplicated Cystitis
What are the 3 first line agents for Uncomplicated Cystitis?
- Nitrofurantoin
- Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX)
- Fosfomycin
What class of agents is used as a second line treatment for Uncomplicated Cystitis?
List 4 drugs in this class.
- Oral beta lactams
- Amoxicillin, Cefpodoxime, Cefdinir, Cefadroxil
Which class is of Abx is uses as the third line for treatment of Uncomplicated Cystitis?
List 3 drugs in this class
- Fluoroquinolones
- Ciprofloxacin, Levofloxaxin, Ofloxacin
The first line agents for cystitis, Fosfomycin and Nitrofurantoin, target which gram-type of bacteria?
Gram positive and gram negative
What is the MOA of Nitrofurantoin?
- Converted into highly reactive intermediate
- Disrupts synthesis of proteins, RNA, and DNA
Nitrofurantoin antagonizes what other drug?
Contraindicated in which pts?
- Antagonizes nalidixic acid (synthetic quinolone Abx)
- Contraindicated in pts w/ G6P dehydrogenase deficiency
What is the MOA of Fosfomycin?
- Cell wall synthesis inhibitor
- Inhibits cytoplasmic enzyme enolpyruvate transferase
By which method may a bacteria become resistant to Fosfomycin?
Inadequate transport of drug into cell
Which first line agent for cystitis come in an oral form and is safe to use in pregnancy?
Fosfomycin
Nitrofurantoin and Fosfomycin should not be taken in pts when there is suspicion of?
- Early pyelonephritis
- Does NOT achieve adequate renal tissue levels
What are the two 3rd gen Cephalosporins used as a second line to treat cystitis?
Target which gram-type of bacteria?
- Cefpodoxime
- Cefdinir
*Target gram negatives
What is the 1st generation cephalosporin used as a second line tx for Cystitis?
Targets which gram-type of bacteria?
- Cefadroxil
- Targets gram positive and gram negatives
Which adverse effects exist for Fluoroquinolones and is why the FDA states that disabling and potentially irreversible effects of these drugs outweight their benefits in treating uncomplicated cystitis?
- Tendinitis and tendon rupture
- Peripheral neuropathy
- CNS effects
Which 2 drugs should not be used to emperically treat uncomplicated cystitis due to possibility of resistance?
- Ampicillin
- Amoxicillin
If resistance is identified in someone with uncomplicated cystitis, which drug/class can be used?
This drug is insufficiently active against what bacteria?
- Ertapenem (a carbapenem)
- Insufficient against P. aeruginosa
To determine what drugs to use, what are the major signs/sx’s of someone with Pyelonephritis?
- Unilateral back or flank pain
- Fever (can be high or low grade) w/ N?V
Which antibiotic class is the first line for Pyelonephritis?
List the 2 drugs that are used?
- Fluoroquinolones
- Ciprofloxacin or Levofloxacin
If severe pyelonephritis or risk factors for resistance, fluoroquinolones should be adminstered with what parenteral broad spectrum antibiotics until susceptibility data is available?
- Ceftriaxone (3rd gen.)
OR
- Aminoglycosides: Gentamicin or Tobramycin
Aminoglycosides (i.e., Tobramycin or Gentamicin) are active against which gram-type and specific bacteria?
Aerobic gram negatives + P. aeruginosa