Exam 2 Flashcards
Metronidazole? And Tinidazole
How does it work?
What is it good at fighting against?
AE?
What are its three functions of killing?
Amebicide
Does a ton of things, it kills trophozoites but not cysts by causeing DNA damage.
Good for kill Clostridium
Kills: Amebiasis, Giardiasis, Trichomoniasis
Dry mouth, nausea, metallic taste
Amebicidal, bactericidal, Trichomonicidal
What does daptomycin do?
Effects against? can cause?
- Binds to the cell wall of gram positive causing death
- Effective againsts MRSA, VRE (Vanco-resistant)
- Allergic pneumonitis
Entecavir and Lamivudine are?
Nucleoside RTI Treat HBV
Telaprevir, Simeprevir and Boceprevir are all? What do they so?
HCV NS3/4A protease inhibitors Inhibit replication by blocking the proteolytic activity of HCV protease NS3/4A
Immunocompromised patients?
Pneumonia
P. Jiroveci
Vancomycin is only active against?
Binds to d-___d-___
Drug of choice for?
Can cause?
- Gram positive
- Binds to d-Ala-d-Ala preventing elongation
- Drug of choice for MRSA
- Time dependent killing
- Redman syndrome
Block dihydropteroate synthase
Sulfonamides
STDs there are 5 bacterial STDs and diseases to go with them

Why are mycobacteria (like TB) difficult to treat?
- Slow growth or become dormant to evade
- intracellular pathogens cannot be reached by immune factors (Ab,C) and drugs
- lipid rich cell wall of the bacteria is impermeable to many agents
- Incredibly good at aquiring resistance to drugs
Macrolides?
Clari, Azithro, Erythro
Using ABXs can cause?
Medical devices can also cause _____ invasion
_____ is a major cause of fungal sepsis and septic shock (HTN, tachycardia)
Thrush
candidiasis invasion
Candidemia
How is gonorrhea transmitted?
- Transmission generally requires contact of epithelial surfaces
- Gonorrhea also crosses amniotic membranes
- Humans are the only natural hosts
WHAT IS THIS?

Yeast
Oxazolidinones?
MOA
GOOD for?
AE?
Resistnace?
Linezolid
- Inhibits proteins synth by preventing formation of the ribosome complex
- Good for MSSA, MRSA, VRE entero faecium
- Hematologic AE: Thrombocytopenia myelosuppression
- Different from other protein synth inhibitors
Hepatitis B is a ____ virus _____
dsDNA virus hepadnavirus
Cyclic Lipopeptide?
Daptomycin
Respiratory Infections: Acute bronchitis
What is it?
Bronchitis causes similar symptoms as? But doesnt demonstrate what?
- Acute inflammation or infection of the airways or bronchi
- Symptoms like pneumonia but doesnt demonstrate pulmonary consolidation and chest infiltrates
Interferon alfa-2a
Interferon alfa-2a or 2b act similarly to endogenous IFN-α to inhibit viral replication and cleave single-stranded viral RNA.
Name the quinolines
What are there adverse effects and how do they work?
Chloroquine, Mefloquine, Quinine, Primaquine
- Hematologic abnormalities, hemolysis, prolonged QT, hypotension
- Quinine can cause cinchonism, tinnitus, headache, nausea, dizziness, flushing, visual disturbances
B-lactams consist of Penicillin, Lactamase inhibitors, cephalosporins and Cephamycins, Carbapenems, Monobactams
What is there MOA?
Cross link is usually formed by transpeptidase but B-lactams inhibit this
Also known as PBP
What are the 6 bacteria types?
- True Bacteria
- Filamentous Bacteria
- Spirochetes
- Mycoplasmas
- Rickettsia
- Chlamydia
Tenofovir and Adefovir are both?
Nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitors
Scabies?
Carcoptes scabei
Entecavir is the most ___ so far?
potent
