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___ found in death cap mushrooms inhibits RNA polymerase II. Causes liver failure if ingested.
Alpha-amanitin
Patients with lupus make Antibodies to ______
spliceosomal snRNPs
____ inhibit formation of the initiation complex and cause misreading of mRNA.
Aminoglycosides.
____ is a drug that inhibits 50S peptidyltransferase.
Chloramphenicol.
____ binds 50S, blocking translocation.
Macrolides and Clindamycin
What do these drugs have in common? Mebendazole/thiabendazole, Griseofulvin, Vincristine/vinblastin, Paclitaxel, Colchicine
Drugs that act on microtubules.
Processes that use NADPH:
1) anabolic processes, 2) respiratory burst, 3) P-450, 4) Glutathione reductase
Cyclosporine
prevents production of IL-2. Suppresses organ rejection; selected autoimmune disorders;
Nephrotoxic; predisposes pts to viral infections and lymphomas
Tacrolimus
binds to FK-binding proteins, inhibits secretion of IL-2; immunosuppression; toxicity: nephrotoxicity, PN, HTN, pleural effusion, hyperglycemia
Azathioprine
MOA: antimetabolite precursor of 6-mercaptopurine; Kidney transplantation and glomerulonephritis and hemolytic anemia; Tox: BM suppression--inc. by allopurinol
Muromonab
Monoclonal ab. that binds CD3 on surface Tcells. Use: Immunosupres. after kidney transplant; Tox: Hypersens. rxn,
Sirolismus
binds to mTOR, inhibits T-cell prolif response to IL-2; Use: after kidney transplantation, Tox: Hyperlipidemia, thrombocytopenia, leukopenia
Mycophenolate mofetil
Inhibits de novo guanine synthesis and blocks lymphocyte production
Daclizumab
Monoclonal antibody with high affinity for the IL-2 receptor on activated Tcells.
cAMP inducers (bugs that do it)
1) vibrio cholera toxin-- turns "on" on, 2) Pertussis toxin--turns "off" off, 3) E.coli (ETEC), 4) Bacillus anthracis (bacterial adenylate cyclase--INC cAMP)
Streptococcus pneumoniae: MCC of....
MOPS: Meningitis, Otitis Media, Pneumonia, Sinusitis
____ Optocin sensitive
MOPS are Most Optochin Sensitive (Streptococcus pneumoniae)
____ Optocin resistant
Viridans group streptococci. alpha-hemolytic--streptococcus mutans and s. sanguis (not afraid of the chin)
Pus, empyema, abscess
S. aureas
Pediatric infection
Haemophilus influenzae (including epiglottis)
Pneumonia in cystic fibrosis, burn infection
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Branching rods in oral infection, sulfur granules
Actinomyces israelii
Traumatic open wound
Clostridium perfringens
Surgical wound
S. aureas
Dog or cat bite
Pasteurella multocida
Currant jelly sputum
Klebsiella
Positive PAS stain
Tropheryma whippelii (Whipple's Disease)
Sepsis/meningitis in newborn
Group B strep
Health care provider
HBV (from needle stick)
Fungal infection in diabetic
Mucor or Rhizopus spp.
Asplenic pt.
Encapsulated microbes, especially SHiN (S.pneumoniae, H.influenza type B, N. meningitidis)
Chronic granulomatous disease
Catalase positive microbes--S. aureas, Nocardia spp., Serratia marcescens, Pseudomonas cepacia, Aspergillus spp
Neutropenic patients
Candida albicans (systemic)
Bilateral Bell's palsy
Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme disease)
Drugs with MOA:
Block cell wall synthesis by inhibition of peptidoglycan cross-linking
Penicillin, ampicillin, ticarcillin, piperacillin, imipenem, aztreonam, cephalosporins
Drug MOA:
Block peptidoglycan synthesis
Bacitracin, vancomycin
Drug MOA:
Disrupt bacterial cell membranes
Polymyxins
Drug MOA: Block nucelotide synthesis
Sulfonamides, trimethoprim
Drug MOA: Block DNA topoisomerases
fluoroquinolones
Drug MOA: Block mRNA synthesis
Rifampin
Drug MOA: Block protein synthesis at 50S ribosomal subunit
Chloramphenicol, macrolides, clindamycin, streptogramins (quinupristin, dalfopristin), linezolid
Drug MOA: Block protein synthesis at 30S ribosomal subunit
Aminoglycosides, tetracyclines
Bacteriostatic Abx:
Erythromycin, Clindamycin, Sulfamethoxazole, Trimethoprim, Tetracyclines Chloramphenicol (We're ECSTaTiC about bacteriostatics)
Bactericidal Abx:
Vancomycin, Fluoroquinolones, Penicillin, Aminoglycosides, Cephalosporins, Metronidazole ("Very Finely Proficient At Cell Murder")
Aminoglycosides
Gentamicin, Neomycin, Amikacin, Tobramycin, Streptomycin. Tox: Nephrotoxicity, Ototoxicity, Teratogen.
Tetracyclines
Tetracycline, doxycycline, demeclocycline, minocycline.
Macrolides
Erythromycin, azithromycin, clarithromycin