ANTI-INFECTIVES Flashcards
father of ANTISEPTIC surgery
Joseph Lister
father of MODERN chemotherapy
Paul Ehrlich
what did Joseph Lister use in sugery and post-traumatic infections or “ward fever”
phenol / carbolic acid
worked on antibacterial dyes, organo-arsenicals (tx for syphilis, and the so-called “magic bullets”
Paul Ehrlich
major tenet or principle of MODERN ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY
selective toxicity
a property of a certain medicinal agent to kill one type of pathogenic microorganisms without harming the host’s cell
selective toxicity
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT
- most successful anti-infective agents were based on Group IIB and Group VA elements
1920
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT
most successful anti-infective agents were based on ____ and ____ elements
Group IIB (mercury) and Group VA (arsenic, antimony)
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT
used for sleeping sickness
Atoxyl
(Sodium arsanilate and arsphenamine)
substances that destroys or kill microorganisms that causes infection
ANTI-INFECTIVES
- compounds that is used locally to kill microorganism
- aka local anti-infective agents
GERMICIDES
-cidal
kill
-static
prevent growth
agents that prevents the transmission of infection by the destruction of pathogenic microorganisms when applied to INANIMATE OBJECTS
DISINFECTANT
the ratio of a dilution of a given test disinfectant to the dilution of phenol required to kill a given strain of SALMONELLA TYPHI
PHENOL COEFFICIENT
Phenol coefficient the ratio of a dilution of a given test disinfectant to the dilution of phenol required to kill a given strain of ____
Salmonella typhi
the antibacterial activity of alcohol increases with increasing molecular weight until the ____ carbon only
8th
SARs of ALCOHOLS
____ decreases solubility
branching
SARs of ALCOHOLS
organism used to test the antibacterial property
Staphylococcus aureus
SARs of ALCOHOLS
the ability of alcohols against MO is the result of their ability to ____ and CHO by destroying the primary structure of proteins
denature important proteins
ALCOHOLS
- pertains to ETHANOL
- clear, colorless, volatile liquid with a burning taste and a characteristic odor
- fermentation product of grain and other carbohydrate containing sources
- most widely used RECREATIONAL drug
- undergoes a series of oxidation-reduction reactions in vivo
ALCOHOL 95%
ALCOHOLS
synonyms
Ethyl alcohol
Ethanol
Wine spirit
ALCOHOLS
responsible for the “HANGOVER”
acetaldehyde