Pharm Flashcards
What are the beta lactams?
Penicillin
Caphalosporin
Carbapenems
Aztreonam
What is the MOA of beta-lactams?
Binds to penicillin binding proteins which are transpeptidases that catalyze the terminal reactions in the bacterial cell wall synthesis
- they bind amino acid side chains to one another to form cross linking
- inhibits cross linking
How do beta lactams cause antibiotic therapy?
Bactericidal via osmosis (because of weakend cell wall) causing cell to burst
What causes penicillin resistance and what organisms can do so?
Pinicillinases which inactivate Penicillins
- Staph strain and N gonorrhea
What are Nafcillin and Diclozacillin?
Antistaphlococcal penicillins or Penicillinase- resistant penicillins
- Fight staph Aureus because they have larger R groups which are resistant to penicillinases
What the are the beta lactam inhibitors?
Clavulanate, Sulbactam and Tazobactam
- inhibit penicillinase
What are ampicillin and amoxicillin?
More water soluble and can thus pass through porin channels and taken up by Gram - strains of bacteria that resist penicillins simply by not taking up as much of the drug.
Inactivated by Beta lactamases
What is added to amox and amp for additional beta latamase support?
Amox- Clavulanate
Amp- sulbactam
What is Atreonam?
monocyclic beta lactam
- given is have allergy to penicillin
- specific to gram - rods
- but sensitive to penicillinases
What is the MOA of cephalosporin?
Bind to penicillin binding proteins and inhibit cell wall synthesis.
Sensitive to beta lactamases but not penicillinases
What are the 1st, 2, 3,4 and 5th generation cephasporins?
- Cephalexin
- Cefoxitin
- Ceftriaxone
- Cefepime
- Ceftaroline
What are the carbapenems?
Imipenem
Cilastain
Meropenem
What is the MOA of carbapenems?
Beta lactam ring binds to the penicillin binding protein
What is the MOA of vancomycin?
NOT a beta lactam
- Binds to D alanyl D alanine terminus of cell wall and inhibits release from bactoprenol carrier which prevents peptidoglycan synthesis
Resistant to beta lactamases
- turns D-alanyl-D alanine into D-alanyl-D-lactate or D-serine
What are the aminoglycosides?
Gentamycin Tobramycin Neomycin Streptomycin Amikacin