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Antibiotic Tissue Penetration

Blood Brain Barrier: Penicilins (IV), 3rd & 4th generation Cephalosporins (IV), Meropenem, TMP-SMX, Metronidazole,
Metronidazole, Linezolid, Fluoroquinolones ... Prostate: Fluoroquinolones ... Beta-lactams, Fluoroquinolones ... Ceftriaxone Bone: Fluoroquinolones ... #Penetration #pharmacology
Fluoroquinolones - Antibiotics Class Overview

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

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

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

 Protein
Topoisomerases: Fluorquinolones ... Classification #Pharmacology ... Text: Clinical Pharmacology
Characteristic features of fluoroquinolone-induced tendinopathy/tendon rupture

Causative quinolones reported, Associated risk factors, Relative risk of tendon disorders,
Characteristic features of fluoroquinolone-induced ... tendinopathy, #Fluoroquinolone ... Risks #Factors #Pharmacology
Antibiotics and CNS Diffusion

1. Drugs with good CNS diffusion:

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

2. Drugs
diffusion: - Fluoroquinolones ... Perfusion #CSF #Pharmacology
ABCDEs & 3 P’s of Fluoroquinolone Toxicites

Achilles Tendon Rupture
Acute Aortic Rupture
Blood Glucose Alterations
Central Nervous System
Diarrhea (C
ABCDEs & 3 P’s of Fluoroquinolone ... of the QTc #Fluoroquinolone ... ABCDEs #Toxicites #Pharmacology
Antibiotics used for the Treatment of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa in Adults
 • Penicillin-beta-lactamase combinations: Piperacillin-tazobactam, Ticarcillin-clavulanate
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Aztreonam • Fluoroquinolones ... #Antibiotics #pharmacology
Classification of Some Antimicrobial Agents by Their Sites of Action
Inhibitors of metabolism: Sulfonamides, Trimethoprim
Inhibitors of cell
or synthesis: Fluoroquinolones ... sites #action #pharmacology
Outpatient Treatment of with Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP)
No comorbidities or risk factors for MRSA or Pseudomonas aeruginosa:
with respiratory fluoroquinolone ... Management #Guidelines #pharmacology