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the “magic bullet,” basis for chemotherapy is associated with Mr.____
Paul Ehrlich
S. aureus and P. notatum antibiosis and antibiotic is associated with Mr. ______
Alexander Fleming
______ resurrected interest in penicillin
Prontosil Red
More than half of our antibiotics are made from ______, but they can come from _____ and ______
Streptomyces; endospores and fungi
Some drugs have a _______ of microbial activity, which only effect certain microbial types, such as: gram negative or only gram positive bacteria.
narrow spectrum
Antibiotics that effect a wide range of gram-positive or gram-negative bacteria are ______ antibiotics
broad-spectrum
______ are resistant to antibiotics and continues in growth
Superinfection
Lipopolysaccharides in the outer Gram-negative bacteria with _____inhibit antibiotics
porins
antimicrobial drugs that are ______ kill microbes directly
bactericidal
antimicrobial drugs that are ____ prevent microbes from growing
bacteriostatic
______ contain core structure with a β-lactam ring called the nucleus; can be natural or synthetic, prevents the crosslinking of peptidoglycan
Penicillin
Penicillin- contain core structure with a ______ ring called the nucleus; can be natural or synthetic, prevents the crosslinking of peptidoglycan
β-lactam
Penicillin- contain core structure with a β-lactam ring called the nucleus; can be natural or synthetic, prevents the crosslinking of _______
peptidoglycan
_______ extracted from Penicillium, the prototype is penicillin G, it has a narrow activity and susceptibility to penicillinases or β-lactamase
Natural penicillin
Natural penicillin- extracted from _______, the prototype is penicillin G, it has a narrow activity and susceptibility to penicillinases or β-lactamase
Penicillium
Natural penicillin- extracted from Penicillium, the prototype is penicillin G, it has a narrow activity and susceptibility to _____ and ______
penicillinases or β-lactamase
______ penicillin- extract the common penicillin nucleus or make partly natural, partly synthetic
Semisynthetic
_____ is resistant to penicillins- seen with staphylococcal infections, MRSA
Penicillinase
_________ penicillins- tend to have greater impact on Gram-negative
Extended- Spectrum
Penicillins Plus β-Lactamase Inhibitors is penicillin and ____
clavulanic acid
_______ contain sulfur and a double bonded penicillin nucleus, extremely broad spectrum
Carbapenems
_______ aztreonam, synthetic antibiotic with one ring, low toxicity, wide range
Monobactams-
______ inhibit cell wall synthesis, widely used, develop in generations
Cephalosporins
these 2 bring Injury to the plasma membrane by inhibiting fatty acids:
polymyxin B and bacitracin
these 3 are Inhibitors of nucleic acid:
Rifamycin (derived from rifamin), Quinolones and Fluoroquinolones
2 competitive Inhibitors of the Synthesis of Essential Metabolites are:
-Sulfonamides
-TMP- SMZ
______ inhibit folic acid synthesis
Sulfonamides
______ inhibit dihydrofolic acid synthesis
TMP- SMZ
zone of inhibition, minimal inhibitory concentration, Kirby- Bauer are all associated with the _______ test
disk diffusion
minimal bactericidal concentration is associated with _______ test
Broth dilution
4 antimicrobial drug categories are:
antiviral, antihelminthic, antiprotozoan and antifungal
____ and ____ have hereditary drug resistance (R) factors
Transposons and plasmids
4 mechanism of resistance are:
1- enzymatic destruction (or inactivation of the drug)
2- prevention of penetration to the target site within the microbe
3- alteration of the drug's target site
4- rapid efflux (ejection) of the antibiotic

Remember: PEAR
_____ drugs can be taken together
Synergistic
_______ drugs are less effective when taken together
Antagonistic
Chemicals produced by plants and animals provide antimicrobial ______
peptides
______ can also be used to block pathogenicity
siRNA
siRNA can also be used to block ________
pathogenicity
_______ is a very effective synthetic antimicrobial drug against Mycobacterium terberculosis.
Isoniazid (INH)
In the test to guide chemotherapy the Disk-Diffusion test uses a ______ _____ agar which contains ______.
Mueller Hinton, starch.
siRNAs stands for:
small interfering RNAs