Anti-TB Flashcards
(42 cards)
Category I Indication (3)
New PTB
New Miliary TB
New ETB (except CNS/ bones/ joints)
Category I Regimen
2HRZE
4HR
6 months total
Category Ia Indication (2)
CNS TB
TB bones/joints
Category Ia Regimen
2HRZE
10 HR
12 months total
Category II Indication (1)
Retreatment of Rif susceptible PTB & ETB (except CNS/bones/joints)
Category II Regimen
2HRZES
1HRZE
5HRE
8 months total; Mawawala muna si S tas si Z
Category IIa Regimen
2HRZES
1HRZE
9HRE
12 months total
Rifampicin (R) MOA
(-) RNA polymerase
Isoniazid (H) MOA
(-) enoyl reductase
(-) mycolic acid layer synthesis
Pyrazinamide (Z) MOA
Dec. pH -> disturb membrane transportation & permeability
(-) uptake of uracil, methionine, serine
Ethambutol (E) MOA
Arabo si Ethan na di pumapatay
(-) Arabinosyl-transferase
(-) Arabinogalactan layer
Streptomycin (S) MOA
(-) 30s
When giving this anti-TB drug, always give vitamin B complex (part. Vit. B6) to prevent peripheral neuropathy
Isoniazid
Isoniazid Mechanism of Resistance (MOR)
Mutation in KAtG gene
Rifampicin MOR
Mutation in rpoB gene (most common mutation in ant-tb)
Pyrazinamide MOR
Mutation in pncA gene
What do you call the ability of Anti-TB drugs to kill all remaining organism?
Sterilizing activity
Which of the anti-TB has sterilizing activity? (2)
steRiliZing
Rifampicin
Pyrazinamide
Which of the anti-TB targets intracellular bacilli only?
Pyrazinamide
Pyrazinamide ADR
Hyperuricemia
Ethambutol ADRs (2)
Optic Neuropathy
RED-GREEN color blindness (Christmas colors)
BLUE-GREEN? = Sildenafil (Viagra)
Reasons to use 2nd line Anti-TB drugs? (3)
- 1st line are not available
- Severe ADR
- Resistance
The last resort in the tx of TB MDR; Tx for Hansen’s Dse
Clofazimine
Bedaquilline MOA
(-) mycobacterial ATP synthase/ complex 5 of ETC