Pharm Ch 8

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bactericidal

Back 1

substance that causes the death of bacteria

kills

Front 2

bacteriostatic

Back 2

substance that prevents the replication of bacterial

Front 3

culture

Back 3

sample of the bacteria to be grown in a lab to determine species

Front 4

prophylaxis

Back 4

treatment to prevent an infection before it occurs

preventative

Front 5

resistance

Back 5

ability of bacteria over time to adapt to an antibiotic making it no longer effective to a drug.

Front 6

selective toxicity

Back 6

the ability to affect certain proteins or enzyme systems that are used by the infecting organism but not by humans cells

Front 7

sensitivity testing

Back 7

eval of bacteria obtained in a culture to determine the antibiotics to which the organisms are sensitive and which agent would be appropriate for treatment of a particular infection.

Front 8

spectrum

Back 8

range of bacteria against which an antibiotic is effective

Front 9

superinfection

Back 9

infections that occur when opportunistic pathogens that were kept in check by the "normal bacteria have the opportunity to invade tissues and cause infections because the normal flora bacteria have been destroyed by antibiotic therapy.
*thrush, yeast infection

Front 10

broad-spectrum

Back 10

useful in the treatment of a wide variety of infections

Front 11

goal of anti-infective therapy

Back 11

reduce the population of the invading organism to a point at which the human immune response can take care of the infection

Front 12

Red-man syndrome

Back 12

sudden and severe hypotension, fever, chills, paresthesias, and erythema or redness of the neck and back