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What type of compound is vancomycin?

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Glycopeptide

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Vancomycin mechanism of action?

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Prevents cell wall synthesis, binds to d-ala-d-ala, prevents elongation and cross linking.

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Resistance to vancomycin?

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D-Ala-D-Ala turned into D-Ala-D-Lactate, Vanco can’t bind. Also, thickened cell wall.

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What types of organisms does vancomycin affect?

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Only gram positive organisms

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Is vancomycin bactericidal or bacteriostatic?

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Slowly bactericidal, but bacteriostatic against enterococci

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What is vancomycin the drug of choice to treat?

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MRSA and penicillin-resistent pneumococcus

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Why is the oral formulation used to treat C. diff?

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Because it isn’t absorbed, so it doesn’t work systemically, only in gut lumen.

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Toxicity of vancomycin?

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Nephrotoxicity, hypersensitivity (red man syndrome).

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Red Man syndrome

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Histamine response to rapid vanco infusion. Huge widespread rash.

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What type of compound is daptomycin?

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A cyclic lipopeptide

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What type of organisms does daptomycin treat?

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Gram positive organisms (MRSA, MSSA, Enterococci, VRE). NO gram negative activity

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VRE

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Vancomycin resistent enterococci.

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Does daptomycin have gram negative activity?

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No!

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How does daptomycin work?

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Binds to the cytoplasmic membrane using Ca and causes rapid depolarization, leading to intracellular ion release. Rapid bactericidal action, concentration dependent mechanism.

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What type of infections is daptomycin used for?

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Skin and soft tissue infections. MSSA, MRSA, bloodstream infections. VRE.

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What isn’t daptomycin used for pneumonia?

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It is inactivated by pulmonary surfactant.

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Adverse effects of daptomycin

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Musculoskeletal pains, weakness, rhabdomyolysis

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Who is at increased risk for rhabdomyolysis when taking daptomycin? What to do to monitor?

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Those on statins! Check CPK (creatine phosphokinase) levels and monitor muscle strength.

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Inhibitors of protein synthesis in gram positive cocci

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Linezolid, doxycycline, clindamycin. These drugs are bacteriostatic.

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Inhibitors of protein synthesis

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Linezolid, Doxycycline, Clindamycin. These drugs are bacteriostatic.

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What type of compound is doxycycline?

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A tetracycline

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What organisms does doxycycline treat?

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Gram positive and gram negative bacteria, also useful against INTRACELLULAR BACTERIA

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What is doxycycline used for?

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Skin and soft tissue infections

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Where is doxycycline absorbed?

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In the GI tract

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What is something tricky about taking doxycycline?

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Avoid dairy, forms nonabsorbable chelates with Ca, Mg, Fe, Al

26
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Where does doxycycline concentrate?

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In the liver, kidney, skin, and spleen. Large Vd.

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Adverse effects of doxycycline?

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Binds to calcifying tissues like teeth and bones. GI discomfort, hepatoxicity, photosensitivity.

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Metabolism of Doxycycline

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Hepatic metabolism, renal excretion

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What can clindamycin treat?

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Potentially active against strep and staph. Anaerobic bacteria and non-enterococcal gram positive cocci. NO activity against enterococcus

30
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Does clindamycin reach therapeutic levels in CSF/urine?

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No.

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Side effects of clindamycin?

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Rash – potentially C.Diff

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How to treat enterococcus?

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Penicillin/ampicillin. Vancomycin (most is susceptible)

33
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How to treat vancomycin resistant enterococci?

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Linezolid

34
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What is special about linezolid?

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100% bioavailability, so oral is great.

35
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Problems with prolonged use of linezolid?

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Thrombocytopenia and neuropenia, lactic acidosis, serotonin syndrome when taken with SSRIs.

36
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Serotonin syndrome

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Cognitive: Mental status changes
Autonomic: fever, hypertension, tachycardia
Somatic: hyperreflexia, myoclonus, tremor

37
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Folic Acid antagonists

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Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMZ, bactrim)

38
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Why is folate important?

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Needed to synthesize DNA, RNA

39
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Is TMP-SMZ bactericidal or bacteriostatic?

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Bacteriostatic

40
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What is TMP-SMZ used to treat?

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MRSA/MSSA, but primarily UTIs, also treats listeria in the setting of beta lactam allergy.

41
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Where is TMP-SMZ absorbed?

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Intestines, large Vd including CSF

42
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Why isn’t TMP-SMZ given to neonates?

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Causes kernicterus (bilirubin deposition, causes movement disorders and developmental delays).

43
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What is the drug of choice for MRSA?

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Vancomycin

44
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What is rapidly bactericidal and can be used for strep and staph infections, but not pneumonia?

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Daptomycin

45
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What is potentially active against strep and staph?

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Clindamycin

46
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What should not be given to children or pregnant women?

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Doxycycline

47
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What is associated with many side effects, so patients must be monitored closely?

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Linezolid

48
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What drug does not have reliable streptococcal coverage?

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TMP-SMZ

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