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Antibiotic Tissue Penetration

Blood Brain Barrier: Penicilins (IV), 3rd & 4th generation Cephalosporins (IV), Meropenem, TMP-SMX, Metronidazole,
Antibiotic Tissue ... Prostate: Fluoroquinolones ... Beta-lactams, Fluoroquinolones ... Lungs: Most antibiotics ... theABofPharmaC #Antibiotic
Fluoroquinolones - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: DNA Gyrase  and Topoisomerase inhibitors bactericidal 
Side effects: QT prolongation
Fluoroquinolones ... - Antibiotics Class ... Fluoroquinolones ... - Fluoroquinolones ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics
Antibiotic Therapy for Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis  (SBP)

- Standard therapy 
- Uncomplicated SBp• 
- Nosocomial SBP
Antibiotic Therapy ... Patient receiving fluoroquinolone ... SpontaneousBacterialPeritonitis #Antibiotic
Antibiotic Classification by Mechanism of Action

Cell Wall Synthesis: 
Penicillins 
Cephalosporins 
Carbapenems 
Monobactams 
Beta-lactamase inhibitors
Glycopeptides 

 Protein
Antibiotic Classification ... Topoisomerases: Fluorquinolones ... : Rifampin #Antibiotic
Campylobacter
Clinical 
 • Fever 
 • Abdominal pain 
 • Diarrhea (bloody stools) 
 • Vomiting
self-limited) • Antibiotics ... severe disease • Fluoroquinolones
Antibiotics and CNS Diffusion

1. Drugs with good CNS diffusion:

- Fluoroquinolones, Fluconazole, voriconazole, Rifampin, Oxazolidinones, Metronidazole

2. Drugs
Antibiotics and ... diffusion: - Fluoroquinolones ... Macrolides #Antibiotics
Antibiotics used for the Treatment of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa in Adults
 • Penicillin-beta-lactamase combinations: Piperacillin-tazobactam, Ticarcillin-clavulanate
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Antibiotics used ... Aztreonam • Fluoroquinolones ... Pseudomonas #Aeruginosa #Antibiotics
Some Mechanisms of Resistance to Antibiotics
 • Drug resistance due to altered targets
Resistance to Antibiotics ... resistance to fluoroquinolones ... penicillinases) destroy antibiotic ... #Antibiotic #Resistance
Classification of Some Antimicrobial Agents by Their Sites of Action
Inhibitors of metabolism: Sulfonamides, Trimethoprim
Inhibitors of cell
or synthesis: Fluoroquinolones ... #pharmacology #antibiotics
Outpatient Treatment of with Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP)
No comorbidities or risk factors for MRSA or Pseudomonas aeruginosa:
with respiratory fluoroquinolone ... Acquired #Pneumonia #Antibiotics