Antimicrobial Agents — Flashcards

Aminopenicillins include _____ and ampicillin

Interferon _____ may be used in the treatment of hepatitis B and C infections

_____ generation cephalosporins include cefuroxime, cefotetan, cefoxitin and cefaclor

_____ is inactivated by alveolar surfactant and thus cannot be used to treat pneumonia (antibiotic)

Aminopenicillins (amoxicillin and ampicillin) can treat pneumonia caused by _____ and H. influenzae.

Chloramphenicol is used to treat _____ caused by Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae and Neisseria meningitidis

_____ mutation (associated with the use of lamivudine or emtricitabine) restores zidovudine susceptibility in zidovudine-resistant HIV.

Amphotericin B or _____ (drug class) can be used for systemic candidal infections

To remember the protein synthesis inhibiting antibiotics, the pneumonia "Buy AT 30, CCEL at 50" is used30S inhibitors:_____Tetracyclines (aminoacyl-tRNA binding)50S inhibitors:Chloramphenicol (peptidyltransferase)Clindamycin (translocation)Erythromycin (macrolides) (translocation)Linezolid (initiation complex)

Treatment for Chlamydia includes _____ (first-line), doxycycline (second) and ceftriaxone for possible concurrent N. gonorrhoeae infection