ANTI-INFECTIVES: GENERAL INFO

Question 1

HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT

John Lister used ____ in surgery and post-traumatic infections or “ward fever.”

Answer 1

Phenol or Carbolic Acid

Question 2

HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT

Father of Sterile Surgery

Answer 2

John Lister

Question 3

HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT

Worked on antibacterial dyes, organo-arsenicals (treatment for syphilis), and “Magic bullets”

Answer 3

Paul Ehrlich

Question 4

HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT

Father of Chemotherapy

Answer 4

Paul Ehrlich

Question 5

HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT

Paul Ehrlich introduced the concept of ____, the
property of certain chemicals to kill one type of organism while not harming another.

Answer 5

Selective Toxicity

Question 6

TERMINOLOGIES

Substances that destroy or kill microorganisms that causes infection

Answer 6

Anti-infectives

Question 7

TERMINOLOGIES

• Local Anti-Infective Agents
• Compounds that is used to locally kill microorganisms

Answer 7

Germicides

Question 8

TERMINOLOGIES

Compounds that kill (-cidal) or prevent the growth of (-static) microorganisms when applied to living tissue.

Answer 8

Antiseptic

For Living Things

Question 9

TERMINOLOGIES

Agent that prevents transmission of infection by the destruction of pathogenic microorganisms when applied to inanimate objects.

Answer 9

Disinfectant

For Non-Living Things

Question 10

TERMINOLOGIES

The ratio of a dilution of a given test disinfectant to the dilution of phenol required to kill a strain of Salmonella typhi.

Answer 10

Phenol Coefficient

Question 11

TERMINOLOGIES

The strain used to determine the phenol coefficient.

Answer 11

Salmonella typhi