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Antimicrobials Flashcards

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What is Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC):

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Lowest concentration of antibiotic required to prevent growth.

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What is minimum Bactericidal Concentration (MBC)

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Lowest concentration required to kill bacteria

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List bactericidal medications:

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  • Penicillins
  • Cephalosporins
  • Aminoglycosides
  • Vancomycin
  • Quinolones
  • Aztreonam
  • Imipenem
  • Bacitracin
  • Polymyxins
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List Bacteriostatic medication:

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  • Tetracyclines
  • Erythromycin
  • Sulfonamides
  • Trimethoprin
  • Clindamycin
  • Chloramphenicol
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List some narrow spectrum antimicrobials:

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  • Penicillin G
  • Erythromycin
  • Clindamycin
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List some broad spectrum antimicrobials:

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  • Ampicillin
  • Aminoglycosides
  • Cephalosporins
  • Chloramphenicol
  • Tetracyclines
  • Quinolones
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List some medications that have a concentration dependent killing

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  • Aminoglycoside

- Fluoroquinolones

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List some medications that have a time dependent killing:

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  • Beta Lactams
  • Monobactam (Aztreonam)
  • Macrolides (Erythromycin, Clindamycin)
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T/F: Continous infusion has shown to be more effective than intermittent boluses for time dependent killing of microbes.

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FALSE (Continuous infusion has NOT shown…)

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What is post antibiotic effect (PAE):

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antibiotics continue to suppress the growth of bacteria even after the antibiotic is no longer detectable

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List some common facts about post antibiotic effects:

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  • Demonstrated for virtually all antimicrobials
  • Can be decreased in acidic (infected) media
  • During the PAE phase, bacteria are more susceptible to killing by leukocytes
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List the mechanisms for acquired resistance to antibiotics:

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  • decreased permeability
  • Increased efflux pumps
  • Inactivation
  • Modification of the antimicrobial target
  • Development of pathways that bypass the target
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What is decreased permeability:

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-Antibiotics enter the outer membrane of gram - bacteria through specialized channels or porins

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Increased efflux is less common, but can be important for what antibiotics:

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  • Macrolides
  • Fluoroquinolones
  • beta lactams
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What inactivates beta lactams:

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beta-lactamases

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Target modification in penicillin binding proteins account for methicillin resistance in staphylococcus and penicillin resistance in :

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  • pneumococci

- enterococci

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List the responses of using combo drugs such as antagonism, indifferent, inbetween, additive, synergistic:

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  • antagonism is 1 + 1 = 0.5
  • indifferent is 1 + 1 = 1
  • Inbetween is 1 + 1 = 1.5
  • Additive is 1 + 1 = 2
  • Synergistic is 1 + 1 = 3
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What are the general principal of therapeutic antimicrobial use:

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  • Delivery
  • Concentration
  • Time period
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List the five clinical situations bactericidal therapy is essential for clinical use:

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  • Cardiovascular
  • meningitis and cerebral abscess
  • Invasive bacterial infection in severely neutopenic patient
  • Osteomyelitis
  • Treatment of infected prosthesis without removing the device
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Effective antibiotic therapy involves integrating information regarding the:

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  • Patient
  • Invading microbe
  • Antimicrobial agents
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What antibiotics are safe for use with a pregnant patient:

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  • penicillins
  • cephalosporins
  • erythromycin
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What antibiotics are okay for use if necessary:

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  • Aminoglycosides

- Isoniazid

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Which medication should be avoided in pregnancy:

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  • Metranidazole
  • ticarcillin
  • rifampin
  • trimethoprim
  • fluoroquinolones
  • tetracyclines
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What will tetracycline do in pregnancy:

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-cause acute fatty necrosis of the liver, pancrease, and possible renal injury

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What is the 80 percent of nosocomial infection with respiratory, blood, and urinary tract and name the organism.
-Respiratory is 24% Staph and gram - -Blood is 17% S. epidermidis, S. aureus, and enterococcus -Urinary is 36% S. aureus, psuedomonas, E.coli, candida
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List from greatest to least the infection associated with central lines from femoral, I.J., and subclavian:
- Femoral - I.J. - Subclavian
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How long is the treatment for catheters infected with S. Aureus:
2 - 4 weeks
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Need for surgical prophylaxis depends on:
- Risk for infection - Patient related factors - Bacterial milieu - Hospital infection rate for varius procedures - Factors relating to the wound itself
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Median sternotomies usually have ___ and are covered by cefazolin.
Gram +
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What type of antibiotic would be used for infected tissues or prosthetic cardiac valves for cellulitis and osteomyelitis:
-antistaphylococcal antibiotics
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What antibiotics would be used for urinary tract infection with gram - bacilli:
- Fluoroquinolones - aminoglycosides - 3rd generation cepholosporins
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What is an emerging fluconazole resistant fungal:
-C. albicans
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Clindamycin is similar to erythromycin, but is more active against many _____.
Anaerobes
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What is a leading cause of gastrointestinal infection:
-Clostridium Difficile
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What is the treatment for C. Difficile:
- Metronidazole 1st line - Vancomycin 2nd line - Dificid (fidaxomicin)
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List the antimicrobials by class:
- Beta Lactams - Cephalosporins - Monobactams, Carbapenems - Macrolides - Fluoroquinolones - Tetracyclines - Aminoglycosides - Miscellaneous Agents
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What antimicrobial affects the cell wall integrity:
B-Lactams
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What anitmicrobial affects the DNA synthesis:
Metronidazole
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What anitmicrobial affects the DNA gyrase:
-Quinolones
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What anitmicrobial affects the RNA polymerase:
-Rifampicin
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What anitmicrobial affects the Phospholipid membranes:
-polymyxins
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What anitmicrobial affects the Protein synthesis of 30s inhibitors:
- Tetracylines - Streptomycin - Spectinomycin - Kanamycin
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What anitmicrobial affects the protein synthesis of 50s inhibitors:
- Erythromycin - Choramphenicol - Clindamycin - Lincomycin
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What anitmicrobial affects the Cell wall synthesis:
- D-cycoserine - Vancomycin - Bacitracin - Penicilins - Cephalosporins - Cephamycins
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What do beta lactams work:
-bind to the penicillin binding protein due to similar structure to D-alanyl-D-alanine
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What are some beta lactamse inhibitors:
- Sulbactam - Tazobactam - Clavulanic Acid
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Facts about penicillins:
ADMINISTRATION: - PVK is PO - PCN G is IV/IM HALF LIFE 0.5 hours EFFECTIVE AGAINST: -Strep a and b, some pneumococci, enterococci, H. influenzae, N. meningitis, Treponema pallidum ADVERSE EFFECTS: Hypersensitivity, GI upset, diarrhea, JARISCH-HERXHEIMER rxn -ELIMINATION renal
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T/F: Ampicillin has a wide tissue distribution including the CNS when inflammed.
TRUE
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