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59 Cards in this Set
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Antimicrobial drugs work by 1.______________ or
2.______________ with 3. ____________ of microorganisms. |
1. killing
2. interfering 3. growith |
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Antimicrobial drugs act within the host without
_____________ the host. |
Damaging
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_______ ___________ is term of when antimicrobial drugs act within the host w/o damaging the host.
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Selective Toxicity
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"Basis for chemotherapy" -selectively finding and destroying pathogens, but not the host. ______ _____
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"Magic Bullet"
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Inhibitory reactions between colonies on solid media and mechanism of inhibition.
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Antibiosis
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________ is substance produced by micro-organisms that in small amounts inhibits a microorganism.
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Antibiotic
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Name of species from which half of antibiotics are produced - commonly inhabits soil.
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Streptomyces
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Drugs that are effective agains Prokaryote cells and do not effect Eukaryote human cells are ________ to develop.
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Easy
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Virus infection are more difficult to treat because pathogen is ________ the host's cells.
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Within
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Virus direct human cells to make viruses due to __________ information.
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genetic
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Narrow spectrum of microbial activity affect gram ________ but ver few gram _________.
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positive
negative |
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Broad spectrum antibiotics affect broad range of gram
___________ bacteria. |
positive
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Antimicrobial drugs that kill microbes directly are _________.
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BacteriCIDAL
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Antimicrobial drugs that prevent microbes from growing are ___________.
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BacterioSTATIC
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Host's own defenses (phagocytosis and antibody production) destroy microorganisms
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BacterioSTASIS
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List 4 mode of actions of antimicobials involving inhibition.
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Cell Wall Synthesis
Protein Synthesis Essential metabolites Synthesis Nucleic Acid replication and transcription |
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List 1 mode of action of antimicrobials involving injury
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Plasma membrane
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4 main antibiotics that inhibit cell wall synthesis.
(PCVB) |
Penicillin
Cephalosporins Bacitracin Vancomycin |
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4 main antibiotics that inhibit protein synthesis.
(CEST) |
Chloramphenicols
Erythromycin Streptomycin Tetracycline |
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2 main antibiotics that inhibit nucleic acid replication and transcription
(IN ART) |
quinolones
rifampin |
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1 antibiotic causing injury to plasma membrane
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polymyxin B
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2 antibiotics used for inhibition of synthesis of essential metabolites
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trimethoprim
sulfanilamides |
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Peptidoglycan is found only in ___________ cell walls.
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Bacterial
(human cells do not have cell walls) |
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Cell wall synthesis is inhibited by ________________ of _____________ synthesis
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inhibition
peptidoglycan |
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Cell Wall synthesis inhibition has low ____________ for host cells
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Toxicity
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Protein synthesis inhibition is based on differences in _________ structure.
(80S / 70S) |
ribosome
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Nucleic Acid Synthesis inhibition interferes with ______ replication and transcription
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DNA
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Plasma Membrane injury affects __________, not bacteria.
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Fungus
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___________ antibiotics change permeability of plasma membrane
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Polypeptide
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Anti-fungal durgs combine with _________ in plasma membrane.
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Sterols
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Synthesis of essential metabolites involves ________ inhibition
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competitive
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In synthesis of essential metabolites, competitive inhibition between _______ and ________ occurs.
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PABA
Sulfanilamide |
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PABA is the substrate for enzyme reaction for _____ ____ synthesis
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Folic acid
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All penicillins have a common core structure of beta_____ _____.
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lactam ring
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Penicillins are differentiated by chemical ______ ______s which interfere with cell wall synthesis..
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side chain
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Pencillin prevents _____-_____ of ______________.
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cross linking
peptidoglycans. |
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Penicillin is a _______ spectrum antibiotic
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narrow
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Two natural forms of penicillin are penicillin ___ and ____.
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G, V
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4 semi-synthetic penicillins are:
(COMA) |
carbencillan
oxacillan methicillan ampicillan |
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Semi-synthetic penicillin is produced by _________ and removing and chemically adding ______ _______s.
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mold
side chains |
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___________ is bacterial enzyme that cleave to beta-lactam ring
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penicillinASE
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Methicillan resistance to penicillin is known as_______
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MRSA (methicillan resistant staphylococcus aureus)
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PPNG is acronym for
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Penicillinase-Producing Neisseria Gonorrhea
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Cephalosporins resemble ____________ and are resistant to ____________.
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penicillin
penicillinase |
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Bacitracin is used _______ against Gram _________ staphylococcus and streptococcus.
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topically
positive |
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Bacitracin is derived from
__________ __________. |
B. subtilis
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Vancomycin is used for resistant _____ _______.
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Staphylococcus aereus
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Isoniazid is effective against _______ _________.
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Myobacterium tuberculosis
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Isoniazid inhibits synthesis of
__________ __________ |
mycolic acid
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in carbapenems, beta-lactam antibiotic substitutes carbon atom for __________
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sulfer
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Carbapenems is a ______ spectrum antibiotic
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broad
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_________, a carbapenems, is active against 99% of all organisms isolated from hospital patients
(Primary care) |
Primaxin
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Monobactams differ from beta-lactam with _____ _____ ring.
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one single
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Aztreonam has low _____ and effects gram _____ bacteria (E. coli and Pseudomonads)
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toxicity
negative |
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Bacitracin is effective against Gram __________.
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positive
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Bacitracin interferes with the linear strands of __________
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peptidoglycans
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Vancomycin is a ________ antibiotic
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glycopeptide
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Vancomycin is a __________ spectrum antibiotic
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narrow
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VRE is _______ - ________
_________ associated with gram ________ bacteria and hospitals. |
Vancomycin resistant enterococci
positive |