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WHAT CLASS OF ANTIFUNGAL IS AMPHOTERICIN B?
POLYENE MACROLIDE
WHAT IS THE MOA OF AMPHOTERICIN B?
FORMS PORES IN THE FUNGAL MEMBRANE BUT NOT IN MAMMALIAN MEMBRANES. IT DOES THIS BY BINDING ERGOSTEROL
NAME 2 MAJOR ADVERSE OR TOXIC EFFECTS OF AMPHOTERICIN B?
RENAL IMPAIRMENT
LIVER FAILURE
WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE LIPID FORMULATION OF AMPHOTERICIN B?
HAS A LOWER TOXICITY WHICH ALLOWS FOR A HIGHER TO DOSE TO BE GIVEN
WHAT CLASS OF ANTIFUNGAL IS FLUCYTOSINE?
PYRIMIDINE ANALOGUE
WHAT IS THE MOA OF FLUCYTOSINE?
INTERFERES WITH THE DNA AND RNA SYNTHESIS IN THE FUNGUS
NAME 2 MAJOR TOXICITY ASSOCIATED WITH FLUCYTOSINE?
TOXIC ENTEROCOLITIS
MYELOSUPPRESSION WHICH CAN CAUSE LEUKOPENIA AND THROMBOCYTOPENIA
WHAT ANTI-CANCER MEDICATION IS FLUCYTOSINE RELATED TO?
5-FU
REGARDING CHEMISTRY, WHAT ARE 2 TYPES OF AZOLES?
IMIDAZOLES
TRIAZOLES
WHAT IS THE MOA OF THE AZOLES?
Reduction of ergosterol synthesis by inhibition of fungal cytochrome P450 enzymes
NAME 2 SIDE EFFECTS OF THE AZOLES?
(RELATIVELY NONTOXIC)
GI UPSET
LIVER ENZYME ABNORMALITY
NAME THE AZOLE THAT IS NOT ELIMINATED BY THE LIVER?
FLUCONAZOLE
NAME 3 AZOLES WITH HIGH ABSORPTION?
FLUCONAZOLE
VORICONAZOLE
POSACONAZOLE
NAME A MAJOR INDICATION FOR THE USE OF FLUCONAZOLE? WHY?
FUNGAL MENINGITIS
GOOD CSF PENETRATION
THESE ANTIFUNGALS ARE DESCRIBED AS LARGE CYCLIC PEPTIDES LINKED TO LONG-CHAIN FATTY ACIDS?
ECHINOCANDINS
NAME 2 KINDS OF ECHINOCANDINS?
CASPOFUNGIN
MICAFUNGIN
WHAT IS THE ONLY ROUTE OF ADMINISTRATION FOR THE ECHINOCANDINS?
IV ONLY
WHAT TYPE OF ORGAIN IMPAIRMENT WOULD REQUIRE DOSE ADJUSTMENT OF THE ECHINOCANDINS?
LIVER IMPAIRMENT
WHAT IS THE MOA OF THE ECHINOCANDINS?
ACTS ON THE FUNGAL CELL WALL TO INHIBIT B-GLUCAN
NAME 2 ADVERSE EFFECTS FOR THE ECHINOCANDINS.
MINOR GI UPSETS & FLUSHING
NAME 2 MEDICATIONS THAT MICOFUNGIN CAN INCREASE THE LEVELS OF.
NIFEDIPINE
CYCLOSPORIN
NAME 3 CONDITIONS THAT THE ECHINOCANDINS ARE USED FOR.
DISSEMINATED CANDIDA INFECTIONS
PROPHYLAXIS IN BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT
CANDIDEMIA
THIS TYPE OF ANTIFUNGAL INHIBITS FUNGAL ENZYME SQUALENE EPOXIDASE, INTERFERES WITH ERGOSTEROL SYNTHESIS AND ARE HIGHLY LIPOPHILIC?
ALLYLAMINES
NAME A COMMON MEDICATION THAT IS AN ALLYLAMINE?
TERBINAFINE (LAMISIL)
NAME 3 ADVERSE EFFECTS OF THE ALLYLAMINES?
GI UPSET
HA
LIVER TOXICITY
WHAT IS THE UPPER LEVEL FOR LIVER ENZYME ELEVATION WITH THE USE OF ALLYLAMINES?
2-3X ELEVATION ABOVE NORMAL
THIS TYPE OF MEDICATION IS USED TO TREAT DEMATOPHYTOSIS OF THE SKIN, NAILS AND HAIR?
GRISEOFULVIN
WHAT IS GRISEOFULVIN DERIVED FROM?
PENICILLIUM
HOW CAN YOU EASILY INCREASE THE ABSORPTION OF GRISEOFULVIN?
TAKE IT WITH FATTY FOODS
NAME A POLYENE MACROLIDE, LIKE AMPHOTERICIN B, THAT IS USED FOR TOPICAL ANTIFUNGAL THERAPY?
NYSTATIN
NAME 3 CONDITIONS THAT NYSTATIN IS USED FOR?
LOCAL CANDIDA
THRUSH
RINGWORM
NAME 3 TOPICAL AZOLES THAT CAN BE PURCHASED OVER THE COUNTER AND THEIR INDICATIONS?
CLOTRIMAZOLE (VULVOVAGINITIS)
MICONAZOLE (TINEA INFECTIONS)
KETOCONAZOLE (SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS)
NAME 2 TOPICAL OTC ALLYLAMINES AND THEIR INDICATIONS.
TERBINAFINE & NAFTIFINE
TINEA CRURIS AND TINEA CORPORIS
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Sean's ANTIFUNGAL
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Sean's ANTIFUNGAL
Updated
2013-02-07T23:32:21Z
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