Anti-microbial Therapy Flashcards
1935: discovered by Gerhard Domagk
Sulfonamides
Initially used in the antibiotic therapy of certain sexually transmitted diseases such as gonorrhea and certain bacterial diseases like Staphylococcus Aureus
Sulfonamide
1940: Alexander Fleming discovered
Penicillin
Administer a drug to an infected person, which destroys the infective agent without harming the host’s cells
Selective toxicity
Antimicrobial treatment is not toxic to mammalian cells because of the absence of the characteristic ________ that you see in bcteria
Peptidoglycan layer
Ideal antimicrobial drug: microbicidal or microbiostatic
Microbicidal
Functions even when highly diluted in body fluids
Relatively soluble
Antimicrobial drugs should have high binding capacity to target the essential protein of the bacteria to be able to control the synthesis of their cell walls and the multiplication of the bacteria
Relatively soluble
T or F: Antimicrobial drug should remain potent long enough to act
T
The greatest number of current antibiotics are derived from bacteria in the genera. Give examples
Natural
Stretomyces and bacillus
From molds, penicillum and cephalosporium
Create new drugs by altering the structure of naturally occuring antibiotics
Semisynthetic drugs
Drugs that are chemically modified in the laboratory after being isolated from natural sources
Semisynthetic drug
Drugs produce entirely by chemical reactions within the laboratory setting
Synthetic drugs
Bioengineering techniques, drugs are produced by manipulating the genes of natural antibiotic producers
Synthetic drugs
In starting treatment, what are the things to consider (3)
Identify the microorganism causing infection
Identify the microorganism’s susceptibility
Identify the patient’s overall medical condition
Profile of antimicrobial sensitivity
Antibiogram