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most bacterial cell walls contain ____
peptidoglycans
2 antibiotics that block the synthesis of peptidoglycans, causing the cell wall to lyse
penicillin - cephalosporins
antibiotic that does not penetrate the outer membrane of a bacterial cell wall
penicillins
are penicillins more or less effective on the gram negative bacteria?
less effective
broad-spectrum penicillin & cephalosporins can cross the outer ____ of gram ____ bacteria
membrane - negative
in cell wall target, what are the targets of the antimicrobial drugs
peptidoglycans
in cell wall target, weak points of the peptidoglycans are exposed to ____ ____ antibiotics
beta-lactam
in cell wall target, peptidoglycans exposed to ____ environment causes the membrane to bulge as water ____ into cell
hypotonic - diffuses
in cell wall target, when the peptidoglycan membrane breaks this causes the cell to ____
lyse
____ are beta-lactam based drugs originally isolated from the mold ____ ____
penicillin - penicillium chrysogenum
penicillin originally was a ____ spectrum & bactericidal against gram ____
narrow - positive
penicillin are now ____-____, since it is fermented & modified
semi synthetic
large, diverse group of the compounds ____ & ____ are ____ spectrum
amoxicillin - ampicillin - broad
2 semi synthetic broad spectrum antibiotics ____ & ____ which are effective against gram ___ infections
amoxicillin & ampicillin - negative
the structure of all penicillin contains a ____-____ ring
beta-lactam
____ -____ enzyme causes the bacteria to be resistant to penicillin
beta-lactamases
penicillin drugs have little/low host ____ because of the specific mode of action on cell walls which humans lack
toxicity
the beta-lactam group of antibiotics contain ____ & ____ ring that are highly reactive
3-carbon & 1-nitrogen
in the chemical structure of penicillin, they all posses a ____-____ ring
beta-lactam
penicillin G is ____ spectrum & is ____ (injected/taken orally)
narrow - injected
penicillin V is ____ spectrum & is ____ (injected/taken orally)
narrow - taken orally
penicillin can be acquired ____ by microbial fermentation
naturally
the variable ____ group dictates microbial activity against gram ___ cells
R-negative
when drug resistance occurs the ____ ____ring is broken & the antibiotic becomes ____
beta-lactam - inactive
what is the end product when penicillin is hydrolyzed by the enzyme penicillinase
penicilloic acid
4 examples of semi synthetic penicillins
amoxicillin - ampicillin - carbenicillin - methicillin
3 broad spectrum semi-synthetic penicillins
ampicillin - carbinecillin - amoxicillin
3 semi-synthetic penicillinase-resistant penicillins
carbapenems - monobactam - methicillin
which broad spectrum semi synthetic penicillin is acid resistant ____
ampicillin
which penicillinase-resistant penicillin is very broad spectrum ____
carbapenems
which penicillinase-resistant penicillin is effective against gram negative bacteria ____
monobactam
____ ____ are extended spectrum penicillins
semisynthetic penicillins
semisynthetic penicillins contain ____ & ____ inhibitors
penicillin & B-lactamase
the primary problems of semisynthetic penicillins are ____ & ____ strains of bacteria
allergies & resistant