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10 Cards in this Set
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What are the sites of action of antibiotics?
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cell wall, cell membrane, cell proteins, nucleic acids
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What are the sites for cell wall?
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penicillin, vancomycin, bacitracin, cycloserine, isoniziad
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cell membrane?
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polymyxins, nystatin, amphotericin B
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cell proteins?
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aminoglycosides, tetracyclins, choloramphenical, clindamycin
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nucleic acids?
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griseofulvin, 5-fluorocytosine, rifampin, sulfonamides, trimethoprim
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What is the point of attack for antibiotics on bacteria?
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cell walls
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What is the purpose of vancomycin?
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prevents transfer of sugar pentapeptide from carrier molecule to polymer that makes cell wall
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What is the purpose of cycloserine?
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prevent conversion of L-alanine to D-alanine and linking of two D-alanines together
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What is the purpose of bacitracin?
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binding the carrier molecule
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What do penicillin and cephalosporins do?
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prevent cross-linking of polymer strands by binding to active site of enzyme responsible for cross-linking
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