📘Step 1. Curriculum Coverage
💊 Pharmacology
Fluoroquinolones
- Classify quinolones.
- Describe the pharmacokinetics of fluoroquinolones, with special emphasis on the half-life of moxifloxacin.
- Enlist respiratory quinolones.
- Describe their antimicrobial spectrum.
- Describe their mechanism of action.
- Describe the principal mechanism of resistance to fluoroquinolones.
- Describe their clinical uses.
- Describe their adverse effects.
- Describe their drug interactions.
- Relate their pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics to their clinical applications and uses.
Sulfonamides and Trimethoprim
- Classify sulfonamides.
- Describe their antimicrobial spectrum.
- Describe the mechanism of action of sulfonamides and trimethoprim.
- Describe the mechanism of resistance to sulfonamides.
- Describe the clinical uses of sulfonamides and trimethoprim.
- Describe their adverse effects.
- Describe the advantages of combining sulfamethoxazole with trimethoprim as co-trimoxazole.
- Describe the interaction of sulfonamides with phenytoin.
