Penecillins Flashcards
Long half-lives
● The drug is released slowly
● Cross the blood-brain barrier when
meninges are inflamed
● Excreted by the kidneys; dose
adjustment may be required
Penecilin G
Penecillin obstructed by food
Penecillin V
ROA of Penecillin G
IM/IV
ROA of Penecillin V
PO
Penecillins ara Bactericidal or Bacteriostatic
Bactericidal
T/F Penecillins Prevents bacterial cell wall synthesis by binding to and inhibiting cell wall transpeptidases
T
What drug cause the Inhibition of transpeptidase enzyme that act to cross-link linear______ chains
Penecillin; Peptidoglycan
Penecillin activates _________ _________ that cause lesions in the bacterial cell wall
Autolytic enzymes
Clinical Applications:
Streptococci
● Meningococci
● Gram (+) bacilli and some gram (+) rods
● Spirochetes
● Treponema pallidum
● Clostridium sp., Actinomyces
Penecillin G
Clinical Applications:
● Treponema pallidum - neurosyphilis
● B-hemolytic streptococcal pharyngitis
● Streptococci, meningococci, and
pneumococci infections
● Enterococci
BENZATHINE & PROCAINE PENICILIN G
DOC of Treponema pallidum
Penecillin G
Clinical Applications:
● Oropharyngeal infections
● Infections by aerobic Gram (+) bacteria
and some Gram (-) cocci (gonococci and meningococci)
Penecillin V
Toxicities:
Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction - lesions, tachycardia, hypervetilation, myalgia, fever, sepsis; 1-3 hrs after antibiotics
Penecillin
Narrow Spectrum Beta Lactams
Penecillin G, Benzathine and Procaine Penecillin G, Penecillin V
VERY NARROW SPECTRUM PENICILLINASE RESISTANT AGENTS AGAINST S. AUREUS
Methicillin, Nafcillin, Oxacillin, Dicloxacillin
WIDER SPECTRUM PENICILLINASE SUSCEPTIBLE DRUGS
Ampicillin, Amoxicillin, Piperacillin, Ticarcillin
Very Narrow Spectrum Penecillins are partly excreted in _____
Bile