Malaria Flashcards

1
Q

What are the quinine derivatives?

A
They all end in quinine duh
Quinine
Chloroquine
Hydroxychloroquine
Mefloquine
Primaquine
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2
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How the all quinine work?(exception primaquine)

A

They accumulate in parasite’s food vacuole

They disrupt heme polymerization to hemozoin –> cause oxidative damage to membrane & digestive proteases

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3
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How does primaquine work?

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Forms quinolone-quinone intermediates that oxidize schizont membranes.

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4
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What do all quinines treat?

A

Prophylaxis, treatment of acute malarial attacks

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5
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Cool fact about quinine?

A

Also called quinidine(used in anti-arrhythmias)

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6
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Important side effect of quinine?

A

Cinchonism - muscarininc and alpha-antagnoism that is common to all quinine derivative

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7
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Why is primaquine unique?

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Only drug that inhibitis exoerythrocytic schyzogony(Liver form of parasite)

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8
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What medicine can you use to help out chloroquine fight chloroquine-resistant malaria?

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Amantadine: Positive charge helps chloroquine overcome chloroquine-resistant malaria vacuoles.

A-man brings chloroquine together. Reunited and it feels so good.

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9
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What are SERCA?

A

They start with Arte-

Artesunate and Artemether

Selective Endoplasmic Reticulum ATPase.

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10
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Lumefantrine is used in combination with what SERCA?

A

Artemether

Because it is so caring like a mother and a Loving(lumefantrine) father

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11
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How does atovaquone work?

A

Depolarizes parasitic mitochondria and inhibits their electron transport

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12
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What combination do you use with atovaquone?

A

Proguanil(chloroguanide)

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13
Q

How do chloroguanide work?

A

Inhiibit Dihydrofolate reductase inhibitors(proguanil)

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14
Q

Treat severe malaria & chloroquine resistant uncomplicated malaria with what 3 antibiotics

A

DCT

Doxycycline
Clindamycin
Tetracycline

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15
Q

what is the side effect of doxycycline?

A

Photosensitivty

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16
Q

Side effect of chloroquine?

A

Itching

17
Q

Side effect of primaquine?

A

Hemolysis(G6PD), methemoglobinemia