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INH MOA
inhibits mycolic acid synthesis
(MTB and M kansasii)
INH interactions (2 drugs)
Phenytoin- inc conc, mental status change, nystagmus, ataxia
Theophylline- arrythmias, convulsions
Rifampin active against what organisms
staph, meningococcus, Hflu, Atypical acid fast bacteria
Rifampin on P450
autoinduction (reduces conc of P450 drugs.....steroids, digoxin, anticonvulsants, ketoconazole, cyclosporine, methadone, coumadin, PI's, NNTI's)
What drug works better against MAC?
Rifabutin
(also better to give if on PI's)
PZA
pyrazinamide
makes pyrazinoiic acid
dec dose w/ renal insuff
can cause hyperuricemia
only treat MTB
Ethambutol MOA
inhibit arabinosyl transferase
Ethambutol adverse effects
optic neuritis, colorblindness, hyperuricemia
para-aminosalycylic acid (PAS) MOA and adverse
block folate synthesis
severe GI, drug induced lupus
(only MDR and XDRTB)
cycloserine MOA
inhib cell wall synthesis
last resort for resistant TB
treatment plan for latent TB
INH 5mg/kg/day x9mos
or
rifampin 10mg/kg/day x4mos
treatment plan for active TB
2mos INH, rifampin+ PZA or ethambutol
4-7mos INH+rifampin if susceptible
Common Aminoglycosides
Gentamicin
Tobramycin
Amikacin
Streptomycin
Aminoglycoside MOA
bind 30S and inhibit protein synthesis
**postantibiotic effect**
What bugs aminoglycosides treat?
aerobic gm neg rods
(enterobactericeae, pseudomonas, hemophilus)
Aminoglycosides resistance
modifying enzymes
acetyltransferases
adenyltransferases
phosphotransferases
Macrolides
erythromycin
clarithromycin
azithromycin
Erythromycin
bind 50S
gm + bugs
can cause transient hearing loss
Clarithromycin vs Erythromycin
2-4x more active against strep and staph than erythromycin
Azithromycin
less active vs strep and staph than erythromycin
Clindamycin
bind 50S
hit anaerobes and gm+ cocci
What antibiotic assoc with pseudomembranous colitis?
Clindamycin
Chloramphenicol MOA
mostly bacteriostatic
bacteriocidal for Hflu, Spneumo, Nmeningitides
Chloramphenicol Tox
myelosuppression
aplastic anemia
gray baby syndrome (abd distension, flaccidity, cyanosis)
optic neuritis
Chloramphenicol uses
brain abscess
meningitis if PCN allergic
typhoid fever
rocky mountain spotted fever
Linezolid MOA
bind 50S
gm + bugs
bacteriostatic for staph and enterococci
bacteriocidal for strep
Linezolid tox
not involved in P450 system
weak MAOI
Linezolid uses
pcn resistant Spneumo
MRSA
enterococci
Sulfonamides MOA
structural analog of PABA
inhibit folic acid synthesis
Sulfonamides tox
crystalluria and sulfa stones
acute hemolytic anemia in G6PD def
NOT FOR PREGGERS (kernicterus)
Steven Johnson reaction
Sulfonamides interaction
displace warfarin, mtx, chlorpropamide (inc activity)

procaine dec sulfa activity
Sulfonamides uses
UTI
nocardia
PJP
malaria
listeria
aerobes
Quinolones
nalidixic acid
ciprofloxacin
levofloxacin
Ciprofloxacin
fluoroquinolone
inhibit DNA gyrase
very broad spectrum
good for UTI and bacterial diarrhea
Levofloxacin
quinolones
better against strep than cipro
Cell wall synthesis inhibitors
beta lactams (pcn, cephalosporins, carbepenems, monobactams)
vancomycin
protein synthesis inhibitors
macrolides
tetracyclines
aminoglycosides
clindamycin
chloramphenicol
nucleic acid synthesis
quinolones
trimethoprim
sulfonamides
3 stages of cell wall synthesis
stage 1- precursor formation (cycloserine inhibs)
stage 2- attachment to membrane (risocerin, bacitracin inhibs)
stage 3- cross-linking of peptidoglycan strands (pcn, vancomycin, and cephalosporins)
transpeptidase
a penicillin binding protein
cross links the glycopeptide
PCN resistance
PBP w/ less affinity
MRSA
pcn resistant pneumococci
enterococcus
Staph Aureus makes penicillinase
penicillinase resistant
oxacillin (only one metabolized by liver)
methicillin
dicloxacin
nafcillin
ampicillin and amoxicillin
inc oral absorption
treat hflu, e coli, proteus
suicide inhibitors of beta lactamase
clavulanic acid (+amoxicillin)
sulbactam (+ampicillin)
tazobactam (+piperacillin)
Resistance to cephalosporins
MRSA
enterococci

PBP w/ dec affinity
monobactams
aztreonoam
no cross allergenicity w/ pcn and cephalosporins
carbapenems
imipenem
has specific porin in gm neg bacilli
can cause seizures
vancomycin
only IV
tx gm + cocci, C dif, MRSA
Polymyxins
polymyxin B, Colistin
cell membrane disruption
tx MDR gm neg bacilli (eg- Actinebacter)
in topical form too
Daptomycin
lipopeptide agent
doesn't act on cell wall
post antibiotic effect
alternative to vancomycin
Amphotericin B MOA and use
polyene
binds ergosterol in fungal cell membrane

candidia, crypto, aspergillus, zygo, dimorphics
Amphotericin B tox
renal tox
infusion tox
Nystatin
bind ergosterol in fungal cell membrane
topical
Flucytosine
Antifungal antimetabolite
deaminated to 5FU
synergistic w/ AmphoB
cryptococcal meningitis tx
AmphoB+ 5FC
Azoles MOA
imidazole and triazoles
inhibit lanosterol demethylase
disrupts ergosterol synthesis
Azole tox
inhibit P450
Ketoconazole
imidazole
topical for tinea infections
can treat prostate ca (inhibit testosterone)
Clotrimazole
imidazole
topical only and lozenges for thrush
Miconazole
imidazole
topical only
Fluconazole
triazole
skin, mucosal, systemic candida
crypto meningitis
coccidio

candida krusei is resistant
Itraconazole
triazole
metab by liver
DOC for histo, blasto, sporothrix
Voriconazole
triazole
P450 interactions
tox-photosensitivity, visual disturbances, hepatitis
DOC-aspergillus
Posaconazole
triazole
broadest spectrum
only one with reliable activity against mucor and rhizopus
Echinocandins MOA
inhibit synthesis of glucan in cell wall
Capsofungin
echinocandin (inhibit glucan synthesis in cell wall)
IV only
no CYP450 metabolism
hit candida
Tolnaftate
thiocarbamate
tinea infections
not effective against candida
Fungal cell wall vs cell membrane
Cell Wall - manin, chitan, glucan (endocandins)
Cell membrane (azoles)
AmphoB tox
distal RTA w/ severe wasting of K and Mg
anemia (dec EPO)
infusion tox
AmphoB+5FC treats...
crypto meningitis
candida endocarditis
Flucytosine tox
(5FU antifungal)
adjust for renal
leukopenia, thrombocytopenia
antifungals that need gastric acid for absorption
ketoconazole
itraconazole
posaconazole
Aminoglycosides bacteriocidal or static?
bacteriocidal
protein synthesis inhibitors bacteriocidal or static?
bacteriostatic
nucleic acid synthesis inhibitors bacteriocidal or static?
bacteriocidal
(fluoroquinolones, rifampin)
Antifolates
sulfonamides
trimethoprim
pyrimethamine
resistance to macrolides
formation of methlytransferases that alter binding site on 50S

active transport out of cell
resistance to tetracyclines
inc activity of transport systems to pump drug out of cell
resistance to sulfonamides
change target enzyme
inc PABA formation
use of exogenous folic acid
resistance to fluoroquinolones
change target enzymes
increased drug efflux
resistance to chloramphenicol
form inactivating acetyltransferases
tx for pseudomonas
ciprofloxacin
AG+beta lactam
imipenem
Bugs that ceftriaxone doesn't work on
LAME
listeria (amoxicillin)
atypical (tetrcycline)
MRSA (vancomycin)
enterococci (amox or amp+AG)
What antibiotic can cause seizures?
imipenem
Vancomycin MOA
bind D-ala D-ala
sterically hinder transglycosylation
(MRSA, enterococci, C dif)
Why are anaerobes resistant to aminoglycosides?
uses oxygen-dependent uptake
tetracycline that treats gingivitis
minocycline
What antibiotics prevent formation of the initiation complex for protein synthesis?
Aminoglycosides (30S)
Linezolid (50S)
What antibiotics prevent tRNA binding to A site (elongation)?
Tetracyclines (30S)
What antibiotics inhibit peptidyl transferase and formation of the peptide bond?
Chloramphenicol (50S)
What antibiotics prevent translocation (last step of elongation)?
macrolides (50S)
antibiotics that can cause ototoxicity
ethacrinide
macrolides
vancomycin
tetracyclines
Which antibiotic is attracted to bone but remains active there (can treat osteomyelitis)?
clindamycin
Drugs that inhibit dihydrofolate reductase
MTX
trimethoprim
pyrimethamine
Direct inhibitors of nucleic acid synthesis (not analogs)
Quinolones (ciprofloxacin)
Ciprofloxacin MOA
block topo2 (DNA gyrase) and topo4
Long term use of this drug can cause tendonitis and potential rupture (achilles), long QT, photosensitivity, rash
Ciprofloxacin
Metronidazole is DOC for....
giardia
trichomonas
entamoeba
What drugs do you have to coadminister with pyridoxine?
Cycloserine
INH
azoles inhibit what step of ergosterol synthesis
14 a demethylase (takes lanosterol to ergosterol)
What drugs bind ergosterol?
amphoB and nystatin (makes cell leaky)
adamantanes
amantadine
neuraminidase inhibitors
zanmivir/oseltamivir
nucleotide analogs
cidofovir
adefovir dipivoxil
pyrophosphate analogue
foscarnet
Treat influenza
amantadine (adamantane)
zanamivir/oseltamivir (neuraminidase inhibitors)
Treat HSV/VZV
cidofovir
foscarnet
drugs for ganciclovir resistant CMV
foscarnet
cidofovir
treat Hep B
entecavir
telbivudine
tenofovir
adefovir dipovoxil
interferon
treat Hep C
ribavirin
interferon
amantadine MOA
block M2 protein H+ ion channel
no activity against influenza B
amantadine interaction and adverse
CNS- insomnia, confusion, anxiety/depression, hallucinations

antihistamines may inc CNS effects
What flu drug may cause bronchospasm in asthma patients?
zanamivir
Acyclovir activation
triphophorylated intracellularly
1st = viral thymidine kinase
2 and 3rd = cellular thymidine kinase

now can inhibit viral DNA pol
Valacyclovir
prodrug of acyclovir
treat HSV and VZV
Dec Valacyclovir and Acyclovir dose in what circumstance?
decreased renal function
Famciclovir
tx HSV, VZV
prodrug of penciclovir
di-deacetylated in blood, intestine, liver, then oxidized to PCV
then monophospho'd by viral thymidine kinase
What antiviral increases the peak level of digoxin?
Famciclovir
Ganciclovir/Valganciclovir MOA
nucleoside analog of guanine
(VGCV is prodrug of GCV and VACV)
Ganciclovir activation
Triphosphorylated intracellularly
(CMV viral encoded TK for all 3)

GCVTP= inhib viral DNA pol
Indications for Ganciclovir
CMV (x10 more active than acyclovir)
tx HHV6
Ganciclovir complications
myelosuppression
potential teratogen
Foscarnet MOA
pyrophosphate analog
inhibit viral DNA pol
(doesn't need phosphorylation)
Cidovir MOA
nucleotide analog
diphosphorylated by cellular enzymes
Cidovir indications
CMV retinitis from AIDS
acyclovir and foscarnet resistant HSV and VZV
Cidovir interactions
rifampin
ketoprofen
chloropropamide
dapsone
MTX
TMP-SMX
DDC
NSAIDs
Adenovir Dipivoxil
nucleotide analog of adenosine
treat chronic Hep B
Entecavir
nucleoside analog of guanasine
treat chronic Hep B
Entecavir activation
triphosphorylated by cellular enzymes
Telbivudine
nucleoside analog of thymidine
treat chronic Hep B
Telbivudine adverse
(thymidine analog, treat Hep B)
myopathy
peripheral myopathy
lactic acidosis
Ribavirin
nucleoside analog of guanosine
treat Hep C (+interferon)
severe RSV
(can cause hemolytic anemia)
Interferon
recombinant alpha 2a, 2b
pegylated recombinant 2a, 2b
indications for recombinant alpha 2a and 2b interferons
genital HPV
hepB and C
VZV, HSV, CMV, juvenile laryngeal papillomatosis, west nile
resistance to interferon
HIV+ HCV
initial treatment of HIV
2 NRTI's + 3rd drug (efavirenz, atanivir/ritonavir, darunivir, raltevir)
Drugs that inhibit HIV entry
maraviroc- block CCR5
enfuviritide- binds heptad repeat (HR1), interferes w/zipping
Maraviroc metabolism
CYP3A4 substrate
(St Johns wort and rifampentine= inducer)
Tenofovir in HIV tx
only nucleotide analog
only one that doesn't need to be triphosphorylated
can cause renal insufficiency
NRTIs combos to avoid in HIV tx
zidovudine antagonizes phosphorylation of stavudine
tenofovir+didanosine w/ food
NRTI class complications
mitochondrial tox-->lactic acidosis
lipodystrophy (STAVUDINE>zidovudine)
hepatotox
Important HIV mutations that cause resistance
q151M complex
only tenofovir active
Important HIV mutations that cause resistance
69 insertion complex
all nucleosides inactive
Important HIV mutations that cause resistance
K65R
only zidovudine active
Important HIV mutations that cause resistance
thymidine analog mutations
wipe out zidovudine, stavudine, tenofovir
NNRTI's MOA
block RNA and DNA dependent polymerases
Avoid coadministration of NNRTI's and....
Rifampin
Midazolam
PPI's and rilpivirine
NNRTI class complication
skin rash 1-3 wks
Efavirenz
NNRTI
CNS side effects
avoid in 1st trimester of pregnancy
Important HIV mutations that cause resistance
K103N
renders 1st generation NNRTIs ineffective
(etravirine and rilpivirine OK)
Integrase inhibitor
Raltegravir
(inhibit HIV-1 integrase)
rifampin can lower drug levels
Class complications of PI's
increased bleeding in hemophilia
hepatotox
lipodystrophy (protease paunch)
CV
hyperlipidemia
type 2 DM
osteonecrosis
drugs that inhibit viral DNA pol
acyclovir
foscarnet
ganciclovir
drugs that inhibit viral RNA pol
foscarnet
ribavirin
inhibit viral reverse transcriptase
zidovudine
didanosine
lamivudine
stavudine
nevirapine
efavirenz
inhibit viral aspartate protease
indinavir
ritonavir
saquinavir
nelfinavir
inhibit viral neuraminidase
zanamivir
oseltamivir
What do acyclovir and ganciclovir treat HSV and VZV?
because those are the 2 viruses that have a thymidine kinase
How treat herpes encephalitis?
Acyclovir IV
Why want to maintain hydration in a pt on Ganciclovir?
because it can cause nephrotoxicity
dose limiting tox for ganciclovir
myelosuppression
mucositis
If a patient on ganciclovir develops myelosuppression, what is an alternative drug?
foscarnet
Which are prodrugs? NRTI's or NNRTI's?
NRTI's
Drug to prevent vertical transmission of HIV
Nevirapine- NNRTI, single dose at delivery decreases vertical transmission by 50%
What HIV drug is the most hematotoxic?
AZT (zidovudine,T analog)
Why not give Stavudine and AZT together?
both T analogs
Emtricitabine
new form of lamivudine (analog of cytidine)
Abacavir
analog of guanosine
(NRTI to treat HIV)
PI toxicity
indinavir- crystalluria
ritonavir- interactions! induce 1A2, inhibit 3A4
saquinavir- most HIV resistant
Quinoline derivatives MOA
inhibit parasitic heme polymerase
(which normally protects parasite from toxic heme biproduct- Ferriprotoporphyrin9)
Cinchonism
quinine and quinidine tox
tinnitus, headache, nausea, blurred vision
can also cause hypotension and hypoglycemia
Chloroquine treats...
vivax, ovale, malariae, knowlesi
Mefloquine
treat falciparum, vivax, ovale, malariae
prophylaxis for travellers
dont give w/ quinine, beta blockers
Primaquine
only drug to kill hypnozoites in liver (radical cure vivax and ovale)
also tx for toxoplasmosis
Artemisinin derivatives
Most potent drug in the arsenal to treat falciparum
Dihydrofolate reductase inhibitors to treat malaria
proguanil
pyrimethamine
Atovaquone MOA
inhibit mitochondrial electron transport
tx PJP, toxoplasmosis, malaria, babesiosis
Malarone
proguanil+atovaquone
(block dihydrofolate reductase and mitochondrial electron transport chain)
prophylaxis and therapy for malaria
PJP treatment
bactrim
atovaquone is sulfa allergic
also--- pentamidine, dapsone
Dapsone MOA
inhibit dihydropteroate synthase
Babesiosis tx
atovaquone + azithromycin
Giardia DOC
tinidazole (long acting form of metronidazole, 1 dose)
Nitroimidazoles (metronidazole, tinidazole) MOA
reduce electron transport proteins

dont drink etOH!
metronidazole treats
entamoeba histolytica
giardia
trichomonas
dracunuclus medinensis
tx for most Helminths (round worms, including pin worms)
mebendazole
albendazole
(inhibit microtubule formation)
Filariasis and strongyloides tx
ivermectin
Praziquantel
inc Ca uptake, ^ vacuolaization damages tegument of parasite

treat flukes
malaria prophylaxis
chloroquine +/- primaquine
mefloquine if in resistant area