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Extended-spectrum penicillins used to treat Pseudomonas aeurginosa infections_____

Toxicities of aminoglycosides are worsened when administered with _____ diuretics or vancomycin

Which carbapenem antibiotic is inhibited by the kidney?_____

Polymixins work by binding to _____ on bacterial cell membranes

MDR pseudomonas and acinetobacter baumannii are treated with _____.

Aminoglycosides result in nephrotoxicity, specifically _____

What is the mechanism of Chloramphenicol resistance?_____

_____-toxicity is associated with Isoniazid use

Clavulanic acid (clavulanate) is a suicide β-lactamase inhibitor that is combined with the aminopenicillin _____ (Augmentin) or the antipseudomonal _____

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β-lactam antibiotics inhibit what family of enzymes involved in cell wall synthesis? _____

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Flashcard 1: Extended-spectrum penicillins used to treat Pseudomonas aeurginosa infections_____

Answer: Piperacillin, ticarcillin, carbenicllin

Flashcard 2: Toxicities of aminoglycosides are worsened when administered with _____ diuretics or vancomycin

Answer: loop

Flashcard 3: Which carbapenem antibiotic is inhibited by the kidney?_____

Answer: Imipenem

Flashcard 4: Polymixins work by binding to _____ on bacterial cell membranes

Answer: LPS

Flashcard 5: MDR pseudomonas and acinetobacter baumannii are treated with _____.

Answer: polymixins B + E (colisitin)

Flashcard 6: Aminoglycosides result in nephrotoxicity, specifically _____

Answer: acute tubular necrosis

Flashcard 7: What is the mechanism of Chloramphenicol resistance?_____

Answer: Plasmid-encoded acetyltransferases that inactivate the drug

Flashcard 8: _____-toxicity is associated with Isoniazid use

Answer: Hepato

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Flashcard 9: Clavulanic acid (clavulanate) is a suicide β-lactamase inhibitor that is combined with the aminopenicillin _ (Augmentin) or the antipseudomonal _

Answer: amoxicillin

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Flashcard 10: β-lactam antibiotics inhibit what family of enzymes involved in cell wall synthesis? _____

Answer: Penicillin binding protein transpeptidases

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