Principles of Antimicrobial Action and Resistance Flashcards
aspect of pharmacology that deals with the
action of the drug on where it will go and how it will be removed from the body
Pharmacokinetics
Compounds that are naturally produced by living microorganisms, such
as bacteria and fungi; this can be natural, semisynthetic, or synthetic
molecule used to treat or prevent disease
Antibiotics
Natural or synthesized substances that actively inhibit or kill
microorganism
Antimicrobial Agents
these are substances that is chemically synthesized
Synthetic
these are obtained and purified from other microorganism
Natural
antibiotics that is not present in serum or blood and CSF because it is often applied when there is an infection in the urinary tract
Nitrofurantoin
Antimicrobial agents that inhibit bacterial growth, but generally do not kill
the organism
Bacteriostatic Agents
Bactericidal Agents
Antimicrobial agents that kill target organisms
Classes A and D are considered
serine peptidases
Class C comprises
cephalosporinases
Class B, which require zinc as cofactor, are called
metallo-beta-lactamases
other major class of antibiotics that inhibit bacterial cell wall
synthesis by binding to the end of peptidoglycan (PG), interfering with
transpeptidation
Glycopeptides
glycopeptides that contain hydrophobic chemical
groups
Lipoglycopeptides
Inhibit transglycosylation process necessary for cell wall synthesis.
Lipoglycopeptides
cross-links the peptidoglycan with Nacetylmuramic acid to form cell wall
Transpeptidation process
process of joining peptidoglycan monomer
to form a chain
transglycosylation
The cross-linking of this is called transpeptidation process, and the enzyme responsible for it is called____ enzyme
transpeptidase
The binding of NAG and NAM is called transglycosylation, and the enzyme responsible for it is the ______enzyme
transglycosidase
Aminoglycoside
targets the 30S ribosomal subunit
binding to the 23S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) on the bacterial 50S
ribosomal subunit and subsequent disruption of the growing peptide chain by blocking of translocation.
Macrolides
bind to the 50S ribosomal subunit and prevent elongation
by interfering with the peptidyl transfer during protein synthesis.
Lincosamides
bind irreversibly to the 50S subunit of the bacterial
ribosome, which induces a conformational change in the ribosome.
Streptogramins
interacting with the 23S rRNA in the 50S ribosomal
subunit, inhibiting 70S initiation complex formation and blocking
translation of any mRNA, thereby preventing protein synthesis.
Oxazolidinones
- inhibits the addition of amino acids to the growing
peptide chain by reversibly binding to the 50S ribosomal subunit, inhibiting
transpeptidation
Chloramphenicol