Metabolic pathway antibiotics Flashcards

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drugs that interfere with metabolic pathway

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Sulfonamides
Trimethoprim
Trimethoprim/Sulfamethoxazole

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sulfonamides

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mech: similar to PABA(folic acid)
- competitive inhibitor
- bacteria must synthesize folic acid

broad spectrum
-gram + and gram -

Kernicterus in newborns (bili in brain)

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Trimethoprim

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mech- suppresses synthesis of tratrahydrofolic acid

Gram-

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Trimethoprim/ Sulfamethoxazole

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mech: act in concert to disrupt DNA, RNA and proteins

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