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1
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How do we reduce risk of growing antimicrobial resistance?

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  • Only prescribe them when necessary

- Use narrow spectrum

2
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What patient characteristics must considered when choosing an AM?

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Age
Renal Function
Hepatic Function
Pregnancy

3
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Why consider age when choosing an AM?

A

Some are contraindicated in kids.

E.g. Ciprofloxacin can cause abnormal cartilage development

4
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How do we adjust during renal impairment?

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Scale down the drug dose proportionally to the renal insufficiency

5
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What does the liver do to AMs?

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Metabolises them & excretes them in bile

6
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In what ways are some AMs dangerous to pregnant women?

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  • Mutagenic, mutate foetal chromosomes
  • Teratogenic, associated with congenital abnormalities
  • Or Both!
7
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What types of prophylactic AM treatment are there?

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Pre-op when theres a high risk of infection

Post-Exposure to highly communicable diseases

8
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Whats different about a prophylactic AM treatment?

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Dosage should cover just the period of risk e.g. one pre-op dose instead of a normal course of them

9
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In what case would you commence empiracal AM therapy?

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If urgent treatments needed & thers no time for culture of antibiotic sensitivity tests

10
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In what cases is combination therapy better then monotherapy?

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  • If theres mixed infection
  • The AMs have an enhanced effect together
  • To minimise development of strains resistant to any one agent
11
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What are the 3 possible outocomes when using 2 AMs together?

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  • Additive
  • Antagonistic
  • Synergistic
12
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What does it mean when 2 AMs are antagonistic>?

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Their combined effect is less than the sum of their individual effects

13
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What does it mean when 2 AMs are synergistic?

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Their combined effect is greater than the sum of their individual effects.

14
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Example of syneristic antibiotics?

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Penicillin & Gentamicin for Strep. infections

15
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Examples of drugs whose serum levels must be monitored closely?

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Vancomycin

Gentamicin

16
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Why is penetrance important when choosing a drug?

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Great drugs useless if it cant reacht he site of infection