Pharmacology & Antibiotic Use - Corrigan SAM Flashcards
What 10 Questions do you ask when considering an antibiotic?
- Time vs Concentration dependent
- Bacteriostatic vs. Cidal
- MOA - appropriate against bug?
- Water vs Fat soluable
- Can it get to the site? - cross BBB? Blood-prostate barrier?
- Can it reach therapeutic levels? - maybe drug will reach the site but has poor bioavailability
- Toxicity
- Owner compliance
- Owner safety
- $$$ cost
What 3 questions do you ask about the infecting organism?
- Gram + vs Gram -
- Aerobic vs Anaerobic
- Intracellular vs. Extracellular
Gram Postitive organisms
“BC - CARELESS - DAMN”
Bacillus
Clostridium
Corynebacterium Archanobacter Rhodococcus Enterococcus Lysteria Erysipelothrix Streptocococcus Staphylococcus
Dermatophilus
Actinomyces
Mycobacterium
Nocardia
Anaerobes
Actinomyces Bacteroides Clostridium Eubacterium Fusobacterium Peptostreptococcus Porphyromonas
What parts of the body have anaerobes as normal flora?
Mouth
Vagina
Intestines
Anerobes are found in infections. What type of infections?
- immunocompromised
- Abscesses
- Multi-bug infections
- infection with Gas Production - gas indication its an anaerobe
Abx of choice when dealing with anaerobes?
Clindamycin
Abx of choice when dealing with anaerobes of the GI
Metronidazole
Organisms difficult to culture?
These organisms are often missed bc culture difficulty and TREATMENT SHOULD BE STARTED EMPIRICALLY IMMEDIATELY
- Ehrlichia
- Borrelia/Lyme
- Hemoplasmas
- Bartonella
- Mycoplasmas
When should you use drugs empirically?
- first instance of infection
- Emergency tx/ Critical Illness
- Difficult organisms to culture (Ehrichia, Borrelia, hemoplasmas, Bartonella, mycoplasmas)
Drugs used for critical illness:
- Route of administration?
- Length of time to give drug?
- Parenteral administration at
Highest dose &
Highest Frequency - 7-10 days (minimum 3-5)
Adverse SE of Aminoglycosides?
- Nephrotoxic
2. Ototoxic
What should you always check for before administration of an otological (ear) drug?
INTACT tympanic membrane
Adverse SE of Cephalosporins and Penicillins?
Immune mediated dz
What drugs should you not use on an animal with history of IMHA?
Cephalosporins & Penicillins
Adverse SE of Doxycycline?
Esophageal stricture in CATS
Tablets are caustic to esophagus - compound doxy to syrup form
Adverse SE of Tetracyclines?
- Renal Tubular dz
2. Highlighter yellow tooth enamel in animals < 6 months
OK once teeth erupt
Adverse SE of Sulfonamides?
- Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca
- Blood Dyscrasias (anything can go wrong with bone marrow)
- Polyarthritis in BLACK & TAN dogs
Adverse SE of Enrofloxacin
- Blindness in CATS (use Marbofloxacin instead of Enrofloxacin)
- Seizures
- failure of CARTILAGE DEVELOPMENT in puppies