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Sulfonamide Antimicrobial Agents Flashcards

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Activity of prontosil?

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Inactive in vitro, prodrug in that its metabolites are active

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Prontosil used to treat?

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Candida albicans

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What do sulfonamides competitively inhibit?

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Incorporation of p-aminobenzoic acid into folic acid nucleus via inhibition of dihydropteroate synthase

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4
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Why do sulfonamides not hurt mammalian cells, but hurts bacterial cells?

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Mammalian cells utilize preformed folate in the diet while bacterial cells make their own folic acid

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Antibiotic activity of sulfonamides can be reversed by what?

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Adding large quantities of PABA (p-aminobenzoic acid) to diet

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6
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Structure of sulfanilamide resembles what

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PABA

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Acidity of PABA vs sulfanilamide?

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PABA pKa 6.5

Sulfanilamid pKa 10.4

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8
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What type of acid is sulfanilamide?

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Weak acid

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9
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What enhanced the potency and acidified the sulfonamide nitrogen of sulfanilamide drug?

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Attachment of electron withdrawing heteroaromatic rings

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10
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Increase in acidity decrease the incidence of what?

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Crystalluria (Crystallization of the sulfonamide in urine resulting in kidney damage)

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11
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What do they recommend be done when taking sulfonamides to reduce crystalluria?

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Drink large amounts of water

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12
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Sulfonamides in general inhibit what?

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Gram + and Gram -
Nocardia
Chlamydia trachomatis
Protozoa/fungi

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13
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How are sulfonamides usually used in treatment?

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In combination

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14
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Why are sulfonamides usually used in combination?

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Resistance factors are too widespread

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15
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Most popular sulfonamide?

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Sulfisoxazole

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16
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What are sulfisoxazole and sulfamethoxazole used to treat>

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Urinary tract infections

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17
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What is used in a 1:1:1 ratio to treat Gardnerella vaginalis?

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Sulfabenzamide, sulfacetamide, and sulfathiazole

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18
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What is sulfasalazine?

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Prodrug not well absorbed from GI tract

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19
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What do bacteria metabolize sulfasalazine to?

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Sulfapyridine and 5-aminosalicyclic acid

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20
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Function of 5-aminosalicyclic acid?

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Antiinflammatory

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21
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What is sulfasalizine used to treat?

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Ulcerative colitis and Chron’s disease

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22
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Why don’t we just administer 5-aminosalicyclic acid directly?

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Irritating to gastric mucosa

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23
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Sulfadoxine and pyrimethamine are used together to prevent what?

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Malaria

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Pyrimethamine is inhibitor of what?

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Plasmodium falciparum dihydrofolate preductase

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25
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First line chemotherapy to treat acute toxoplasmosis?

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Sulfadiazine and pyrimethamine

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26
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How to sulfonamides and their derivatives interact?

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Cross-allergenic

27
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Rare skin and mucous membrane rash that is potentially fatal due to sulfonamide interaction?

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Stevens-Johnson syndrome

28
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Resistance to sulfonamides occurs through what mechanisms?

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1) Mutations cause overproduction of PABA
2) Mutations in target enzyme (dihydropteroate synthase)
3) Mutations result in decrease of cell permeability to sulfonamides

29
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What has happened with trimethoprim and resistance?

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Plasmid borne copy of dihydrofolate reductase gene decreases binding to enzyme

30
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How is Trimethoprim cleared?

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Inactive metabolites cleared in urine

31
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What are sulfonamides metabolized by?

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N-4 N-acetylation

N-1 glucuronidation

32
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Metabolites of sulfonamides are what when acetylated/glucuronidated?

33
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Which metabolites of sulfonamides are toxic?

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Hydroxylamine and nitroso

34
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Human population divided into what types of acetylators?

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Rapid or slow

35
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First generation Quinolones good against what?

36
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First generation QL only useful for what?

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Lower urinary tract infections

37
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How is 2nd generation differ from 1st generation?

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Fluorine at C-6
Heterocyclic ring at C-7
Broader spectrum and more potent

38
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what do 2nd generation QLs work on?

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Gram -
Gram +
Mycoplasma

39
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Most potent fluoroquinolone?

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Ciprofloxacin

40
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How do 3rd and 4th generation QL differ from 2nd?

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Multiple fluorine atoms

Improved activity against Gram + (Strep pneumonia)

41
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Are 3rd/4th generation better than Ciprofloxacin for gram -?

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No, Cipro still best

42
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What QL is known as “drug of last resort”?

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Moxifloxacin

43
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Why is Moxifloxacin known as drug of last resort?

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Sever side effects

44
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How many strands of DNA do Topoisomerases cuts?

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Topoisomerase 1 cuts 1 and topoisomerase 2 cuts 2

45
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How do topoisomerase and gyrases cut DNA>

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Nucelophillic attack on phosphodiester link

46
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How do QL work?

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They inhibit relegation reaction which eventually leads to apoptosis/death

47
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Which topoisomerase type has been crystallized and had X-ray structures determined?

48
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Most common use of QLs?

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Urinary tract infections

49
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First line treatment of Neisseria Gonorrhoeae due to QL resistance?

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Ceftriaxone

50
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Increased fluoroquinolone resistance rates correlated with what?

51
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Spontaneously occuring point mutations where causes QL resistance?

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A-subunit of DNA gyrase

52
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What does point mutation of gyrase A-subunit achieve?

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Enzyme with altered binding affinity

53
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Fluoroquinolone penetration of Gram - bacteria dependent on what?

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Diffusion through porin channels

54
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Under-dosing runs the risk of whaT?

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Selecting for resistant organisms

55
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How are fluoroquinolone taken?

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Orally, high bioavailability

56
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Renal and hepatic clearance are important for all QLs except which?

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Oxafloxacin (95% renal)

57
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How long until QLs interstitial concentration exceed serum concentrations?

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4-24 hours

58
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What do you want to avoid mixing with QLs?

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Heavy metals/food drugs with heavy metals due to insoluble chelates

59
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Major inactive metabolite of QLs?

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Glucuronide at 3 carboxyl position

60
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Most common adverse side effect of QLs?

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Nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea

61
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Who do you not want to give QLs to?

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Patients under 18 due to interference with growing cartilage

62
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What adverse effect can happen with lomefloxacin?

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Photosensitivity

63
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Gatifloxacin associated with what?

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Hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia in diabetic patients

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