(QUIZ) Fluoroquinolones/azole Flashcards
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What bacteria is resistant to ciprofloxacin
Neisseria Gonorrhoeae
Why is N. Gonorrhoeae resistant to Ciprofloxacin
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Ciprofloxacin AE
NOT FOR PRGNCY
Tendon rupture AAA Photosensitivity CNS:confusion ^elderly Cdiff risk BBW!!! MG muscle weakness
Ciprofloxacin reduced by
Aluminum/mag antacids
Zinc/iron salts
Sucralfate
Milk/dairy
Ciprofloxacin elevates
Theophylline (asthma)
Warfarin
Tinidazole
Metronidazole & Tinidazole use
Gut/vag infections
Protozoal infections Obligate anaerobes (surgery) H.pylori Cdiff Trich Bv Giardiasis
Metronidazole &Tinidazole SE
do not use in 1st trimester
Neurotoxicity Allergy Superinfection Disulfiram effect w alcohol (weeks) CA rats darken urine nausea, dry mouth, metallic taste
What is initial cdiff treatment?
Fidaxomicin
Eye ointment
___ &____
Bacitracin
Polymyxin B
(Antifungal)
Amphotericin
-drug of choice for
Systemic mycoses
(Antifungal)
Amphotericin MOA
Binds to ergosterol in fungal cell membrane
^permeability =leaks intracellular cations (K)
(Antifungal)
Amphotericin AE
Fever, chills, HA
Nephrotoxic
Hypokalemia
Bone marrow suppression
(Antifungal)
Azoles
-alternative to ____ for systemic mycoses
-inhibits ___=^____
Amphotericin
(Lower toxicity)
Inhibits p450=^other drug levels
Itraconazole MOA
Inhibits synthesis of ergosterol by inhibiting fungal p450 dependence enzymes
Itraconazole SE
vEF
Liver damage
P450 inhibition
N/v/d
(Echinocandins) [-fungins]
Caspofungin MOA
Inhibits biosynthesis of B1,3-4-glucan (part of fungal wall)
(Echinocandins)
Caspofungin AE
Systemic candida
Pleural space infections
Intraabdominal abscesses
(Pyramidine Analog)
Flucytosine use
Serious candida and cryptococcus neoformans
(Pyramidine Analog)
Flucytosine AE
Prolonged 1/2 life w renal insufficiency
BBW!!! Fatal agranulocytosis-Myelosuppression
Hepatotoxicity- ^1/2life of drugs
Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (antimetabolite) inhibits
used for:
children-dose based on trimethroprim
folic acid synthesis
CAMRSA, UTI, listeria, Silvadene-burns
Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole AE
skin rxcn^ vBS esp w vRenal fx G6PD-hemolytic anemia kernicterus ^K crystalluria=renal damage megaloblastic anemia, thrombocytopenia
Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole cross rxcn
thiazides, loop diuretics, celebrex, sulfonylureas
Quinolones moa
coverage gram:
inhibit DNA gyrase (bactericidal)
gram +/- (empiric therapy)
Quinolones first generation :
used for:
ciprofloxacin
pyelo/uti, intractable diarrhea