Antibiotics/Antifungals/Antivirals Flashcards
(126 cards)
Cell wall inhibitors
Penicillins
Cephalosporins
Carbapenems
Vancomycin
Bacitracin
Fosfomycin
Isoniazid
Acts on cell membrane
Polymyxins
Daptomycin
Antibiotics that inhibits DNA replication and transcription
Quinolones
Inhibits RNA polymerase
Rifampin
Acts on 50S subunit
Erythromycin
Clindamycin
Synercid
Pleuromutilins
Acts on 30S subunit
Aminoglycosides - gentamycin, streptomycin
Tetracycline
Glycylcyclines
Acts on both 30S and 50S
Linezolid
Acts on folic acid synthesis in cytoplasm
Sulfonamides
Trimethoprim
Mechanism of action of meropenem
Binds penicillin binding protein to inhibit cell wall synthesis
Mechanism of action of ciprofloxacin
Inhibits DNA topoisomerase
Mechanism of action of trimethoprim
Disruption of dihydrofolate reductase
Mechanism of action of erythromycin
Inhibition of translocation of tRNA at 50S ribosomal subunit
Mechanism of action of rifampicin
Inhibits DNA-dependent RNA-polymerase
Mechanism of action of colistin
Disruption of cell membrane via LPS and phospholipids
Mechanism of action of sulfamethoxazole
Inhibition of de novo folate biosynthesis
Mechanism of action of doxycycline
Competition with A site on 50S ribosomal subunit
Mechanism of resistance of VRE
Modification of drug target
van gene
Mechanism of aminoglycoside E. coli resistance
Enzymatic alterations of binding site
Mechanism of ESBL
Beta lactamases
Destruction of antibiotics
Mechanism of staph aureus with intermediate sensitivity to vancomycin
Global cell adaptation to antibiotic effects
Mechanism of action of entecavir
Guanosine analogue phosphorylated within virally infected cells into triphosphate that then incorporates into viral DNA - halts replication process
Mechanism of action of famciclovir
Guanosine derivative phosphorylated within virally infected cells to triphosphate that inhibits DNA polymerase
Mechanism of action of ritonavir
Inhibition of viral protease
Virus associated Kaposi’s sarcoma
HHV-8