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14.4, 14.6, 14.7 Flashcards

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What is the MOA of antifungal drugs?

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Disruption of sterol synthesis and membrane integrity

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What are imidazoles, triazoles, allylamines, and polyenes prominent drugs of?

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Antifungal drugs

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What antifungal drugs disrupts ergosterol biosynthesis, commonly used in medical and agriculture, and treats infections caused by dematophytes (ringworm, tinea pedis- athlete’s foot, tinea cruris- jock itch)

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Imidazoles

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Which antifungal drugs inhibit ergosterol biosynthesis, administered orally or intravenously, and used for systemic yeast infections: oral thrush, cryptococcal meningitis?

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Triazoles

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Which antifungal drug inhibit earlier step in ergosterol biosynthesis, treat dermatophytic skin infection: athelete’s foot, ringworm, jock itch; an example is terbinafine (Lamisil)

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Allylamines

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What antifungal drugs bind to ergosterol and create pores in the membrane?

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Polyenes

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Which antifungal drug interferes with DNA replication and protein synthesis?

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Flucytosine

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Which antifungal drug inhibit B(1-3) glucan synthesis; penicillin for fungi?

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Echinocandins

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9
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Which antifungal drugs inhibit chitin synthesis?

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Polyoxins and nikkomycins

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Which antifungal drugs interferes with microtubules involved in spindle formation during mitosis?

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Griseofulvin

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What antifungal drug is an antimetabolite for fungal and protozoal mitochondrial cytochrome function

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Atovaquone

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What are the 2 main MOAs of Antiprotozoan Drugs

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Inhibition of various metabolites and DNA synthesis

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What antiprotozoan drug inhibits Electron transport and is used for Malaria, babesiosis, toxoplasmosis?

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Atovaquone

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What antiprotozoan Drug inhibits folic acid synthesis?

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proguanil

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What antiprotozoan drug inhibits DNA synthesis and is used on dysentery, giardia, and trichomoniasis?

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Metronidazole

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What antiprotozoan drugs cleaves DNA within kinetoplasts; binds tRNA and is used on African sleeping sickness, leishmaniasis?

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Pentamidine

17
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Which antiprotozoan drug is unclear, but likely damages target cells by ROS (reactive oxygen species); antimalarial?

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Artemisinin

18
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Which antiprotozoan drug interferes with heme detoxification and is used for malaria and dysentery?

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Quinolines

19
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Which antihelminthic drug is involved with the inhibition of microtubule formation? What spectrum does it have?

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Mebendazole

20
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What antihelminthic drug blocks neuronal transmission in invertebrates causing starvation, paralysis, and death?

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Ivermectin

21
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Which antihelminthic drug inhibit ATP formation under anaerobic conditions?

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Niclosamide

22
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Which antihelminthic drug induce influx of Ca into the worm; paralysis

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Praziquantel

23
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What is the common MOA of Antiviral Drugs?

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Inhibiting nucleic acid synthesis

24
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What antiviral drug does viral enzyme activation and affinity for viral DNA polymerase?

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Acyclovir

25
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What antiviral drugs is made for the treatment of influenza A; MOA: binds to transmembrane protein; blocking escape from endosome prevents RNA release into host cells

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Amantadine and Rimantadine

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What antiviral drug has an MOA of inhibition of neuraminidase that aids in release of viral particles from host cell?

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Oseltamivir

27
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These describe what?
- targets CD$+ WBC
- retrovirus; incorporates into host genome (hides)
- rapid development of antiviral drug resistance

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Why HIV is difficult to treat

28
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What usually includes “cocktail” of antivirals to target multiple processes?

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ART - Antiretroviral therapy

29
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Which antiviral in ART blocks RNA -> DNA

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Reverse transcriptase inhibitors

30
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What antiviral in ART blocks processing of viral proteins

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Protease inhibitors

31
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What antiviral in ART prevents integration of viral DNA into host chromosome?

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Integrase inhibitors

32
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What antiviral in ART prevents binding of virus to host cell and merging of envelope and membrane

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Fusion inhibitors

33
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What is it the test called when it’s used to examine degree of susceptibility/resistance?

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Kirby-Bauer: Disk diffusion

34
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What is the area of antibacterial activity around drug impregnated disk called?

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Zone of Inhibition

35
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What is lowest concentration of drug that inhibits visible bacterial growth?

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Minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC)

36
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What is the lowest drug concentration that kills >99.9%

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Minimal bactericidal concentration (MBC)

37
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What is the combo of Kirby-bauer assay and dilution method; strip with antibacterial gradient placed on agar plate?

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Etest

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