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Anti Microbial
Anti Microbial
Anti Microbial
Definition
• Medications used to treat bacterial infections
• Penicillins
• Cephalosporins
• Tetracyclines
• Aminoglycosides
• Quinolones
• Macrolides
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2- Penicillins
• Natural penicillins
• Penicillinase-resistant penicillins
• Aminopenicillins
• Extended-spectrum penicillins
B-Penicillinase-resistant penicillins
• cloxacillin, dicloxacillin, methicillin, nafcillin, oxacillin
D-Extended-spectrum penicillins
• piperacillin, ticarcillin, carbenicillin, mezlocillin
and
• 10% of these are fatal
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Therapeutic Uses (cont’d)
3rd GCs (with or without aminoglycosides)
Drugs of choice for serious infections caused by Klebsiella (Pneumonia, UTI)
Enterobacter(UTI) Proteus (UTI) Serratia (Pneumonia)and Haemophilus spp.
(Meningitis)
Ceftriaxone is the therapy of choice for all forms of gonorrhea and for severe
forms of Lyme disease.
Drugs of choice for the treatment of meningitis caused by H. influenzae,
sensitive S. pneumoniae, N. meningitidis, and gram-negative enteric bacteria
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Therapeutic Uses (cont’d)
4th GCs
Empirical treatment of nosocomial infections where
antibiotic resistance owing to extended-spectrum -
lactamases or chromosomally induced -lactamases
are anticipated
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4-Tetracyclines
• demeclocycline (Declomycin)
• oxytetracycline
• tetracycline
• doxycycline (Doryx, Doxy-Caps, Vibramycin)
• minocycline
• Wide spectrum:
– gram-negative, gram-positive, protozoa, Mycoplasma,
Rickettsia, Chlamydia, syphilis, Lyme disease
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Tetracyclines: Side Effects
• Pseudomembranous colitis
• Enterocolitis
– Neuromuscular damage
• ciprofloxacin
• moxifloxacin
• lomefloxacin
• norfloxacin
• Infectious diarrhea
• Skin infections
Integumentary photosensitivity
• Spirochetal infections
– Syphilis and Lyme disease
• Sulfonamides
• Trimethoprim and pyrimethamine
• Interfere with the production of folic acid coenzymes that are
required for purine and pyrimidine synthesis
FOLATE
ANTAGONISTS
INHIBITORS OF
FOLATE SYNTHESIS
• Silver sulfadiazine
• Sulfacetamide
• Sulfadiazine
• Sulfamethoxazole
• Sulfasalazine
• Sulfisoxazole
INHIBITORS OF
FOLATE REDUCTION
• Pyrimethamine
• Trimethoprim
INHIBITORS OF FOLATE
SYNTHESIS AND REDUCTION
• Co-trimoxazole
SOLPHONAMIDES
Sulfonamides
• Analogues of para-aminobenzoic acid
• Broad spectrum
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Sulfapyridine intermediate 17 h slow
Clinical Uses
Infrequently used as single agents!!.
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DRUGS USED IN TUBERCULOSIS
DRUGS USED TO TREAT
TUBERCULOSIS
• Ethambutol
• Isoniazid First line
• Pyrazinamide drugs
• Rifampin
• Aminoglycosides
• Aminosalicylic acid
• Capreomycin Second line
• Cycloserine drugs
• Ethionamide
• Flouroquinolone
• macrolides
Standard code for TB treatment regimens
DRUG ABBREVIATION
ISONIAZIDE H
RIFAMPIN R
ETHAMBUTOL E
PYRAZINAMIDE Z
STREPTOMYCIN S
An example of treatment regimen with initial intensive 4 drug
combination treatment followed by continuation treatment with 2 drug
Principles of anti-TB therapy
Combination treatment is mandatory
acetylators”
Candida albicans
• Due to antibiotic therapy, antineoplastics,
or immunosuppressants
• May result in overgrowth and systemic
infections
Vaginal candidiasis:
• “Yeast infection”
Systemic
• Examples: amphotericin B, fluconazole,
ketoconazole, itraconazole
Topical
• Examples: clotrimazole, miconazole, nystatin
– Flucytosine
flucytosine
• Also known as 5-fluorocytosine
Griseofulvin
– Disrupts cell division
– Result: inhibited fungal mitosis (reproduction)
flucytosine
• nausea, vomiting, anorexia
griseofulvin
• rash, urticaria, headache, nausea, vomiting, anorexia
• leishmaniasis
• amebiasis
• giardiasis
• trichomoniasis
antiinflammatory effects.
electron transport
pseudomembranous colitis
metronidazole
• metallic taste, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea,
abdominal cramps
iodoquinol
• nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, anorexia, agranulocytosis
pentamidine
• bronchospasms, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, acute
pancreatitis, acute renal failure, increased liver function
studies
paromomycin
• nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, stomach cramps
infections
cellular structures
– nematodes (roundworms)
– trematodes (flukes)
thiabendazole (Mintezol)
• Inhibits the helminth-specific enzyme, fumarate reductase
– Both used for nematodes
(tissue and some roundworms)
the GI tract
mebendazole
• Inhibits uptake of glucose and other nutrients, leading to
autolysis and death of the parasitic worm
• Used to treat cestodes and nematodes
Niclosamide
• Causes the worm to become dislodged
from the GI wall
• They are then digested in the intestines and expelled
piperazine, pyrantel
• mebendazole
Pyrimidine nucleosides
• thymine
• cytosine
thymine
idoxuridine (IDU) HSV
stavudine (d4T) HIV
trifluridine HSV
zidovudine (AZT) HIV
– influenza A
• foscarnet (Foscavir)
didanosine (ddl)
• Pancreatitis, peripheral neuropathies, seizures
foscarnet (Foscavir)
• Headache, seizures, acute renal failure, nausea,
vomiting, diarrhea
ganciclovir (Cytovene)
• Bone marrow toxicity, nausea, anorexia, vomiting