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Beta Lactam Antibiotic Classification

UPDATE 10/2018: meropenem-vaborbactam added

Penicillins, Cephalosporins, Monobactam, Carbapenems 

 - Dr. David Serota @serotavirus

#BetaLactams
Beta Lactam Antibiotic ... #BetaLactams #Antibiotics
Antibiotic Therapy for Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis  (SBP)

- Standard therapy 
- Uncomplicated SBp• 
- Nosocomial SBP
Antibiotic Therapy ... bactrim ppx - Beta lactam ... SpontaneousBacterialPeritonitis #Antibiotic
Modified penicillin binding proteins as mechanism of resistance to antibiotics.
Penicillin Binding Proteins (Transpeptidases) cross link peptidoglycan
resistance to antibiotics ... cell wall - Beta-lactam ... antibiotics like ... - Giving more antibiotic ... #pharmacology #antibiotics
Antibiotics and CNS Diffusion

1. Drugs with good CNS diffusion:

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

2. Drugs
Antibiotics and ... diffusion: - β-lactam ... Macrolides #Antibiotics
Some Mechanisms of Resistance to Antibiotics
 • Drug resistance due to altered targets
Resistance to Antibiotics ... penicillinases) destroy antibiotic ... with the ß-lactam ... #Antibiotic #Resistance
Cephalosporins 
Cephalosporins are bactericidal beta-lactam antibiotics derived from the fungus Acremonlum— they disrupt peptidoglycan formation in
bactericidal beta-lactam ... antibiotics derived ... #pharmacology #Antibiotics
SPICE (SPACE) Organisms
 - Colloquial acronym for gram-negative bacteria that have inducible, chromosomal beta-lactamase genes known
exposure to beta-lactam ... antibiotics - ... AmpC #Resistance #Antibiotics
Vancomycin and Dalbavancin (lipoglycopeptide antibiotics) - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: Glycopeptide -  inhibits cell wall synthesis
lipoglycopeptide antibiotics ... ) - Antibiotics ... with severe beta-lactam ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics
For my UME micro course, I made a figure that captures this terminology and lets learners
will represent antibiotics ... from above the antibiotic ... some common beta lactam ... divided by beta lactam ... and non beta lactam
Antibiotics for Anaerobic Bacteria 
 - Metronidazole (Flagyl™) 
 - Carbapenems 
 - β lactam +
Antibiotics for ... Carbapenems - β lactam ... Strong Medicine #Antibiotics