Week 7 Antimicrobials Flashcards
Drugs used with patients with PCN allergies
Macrolides, lincosamides, glycopeptides, ketolides, lipopeptides
All similar to PCN but different structure
What is prescribed of client is hypersensitive to PCN?
Erythromycin (macrolide) (drug Choi e to treat mycoplasmal pneumonia and legionnaires disease
Macrolide
Broad spectrum antibiotics admin by PO and IV (infuse slowly)
Active against most gram + and some -
Excreted in bile, feces, urine
What do macrolide a treat?
Mild to moderate infections of respiratory tract, sinuses, GI tract, skin, soft tissue, STIs
Azithromycin use
Zithromax (for PCN allergic) resp. Infections, gonorrhea and skin infections
Azithromycin drug food interaction
Increase effect of warfarin, digoxin
Dec effects on PCNs Clindamycin
Peak levels reduces if taken with antacids at same time
Side effects of azithromycin
Anorexia,NVD, rash, tinnitus, and cramps, pruritis
Azithromycin adverse reactions and contraindications
Superinfection, vaginitis, stomitis, urticaria, hearing loss,
Hypersensitivity
Macrolide
Hepatoxicity can occur when taken in large doses but reversible when discontinued
Lincosamides
Have both bacteriostatic and bactericidal actions depending on dosage
Ex: lincomycin, clindamycin, pirlimycin
What is clindamycin more widely prescribed to?
Active against most gram +, not effective against gram -
Vancomycin
Used against drug res. Staph aureus in cardiac surgical prophylaxis for those w/PCN allergies
Vancomycin when given orally
not absorbed systemically and excreted in genes
Intermittent vancomycin
Should be diluted in 100 ml for 500 mg and 200 for 1 g
Administer 10mg/min or min of 60 min
What happens with rapid IV injection of vanco
Red neck syndrome
Vancomycin uses
Staph infections, drug res. S.aureus and cardiac prophylaxis