Antibacterials

Question 1

What are the classifications of antibacterials?

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Question 2

What are the mechanisms of actions of antibacterials?

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Question 3

Contrast static and Cidal antibacterials

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Question 4

What is selective toxicity?

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Question 5

What are postantibiotic effects?

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Question 6

Describe the antibiotic spectrum

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Question 7

What are the uses of broad spectrum antibiotics?

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Question 8

What are the disadvantages of broad spectrum antibiotics?

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Question 9

What are the uses of narrow spectrum ?

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Question 10

What are the disadvantages of narrow spectrum?

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Question 11

What are extended spectrum antibiotics?

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Question 12

What are the disadvantages of extended spectrum?

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Question 13

What is antibiotic susceptibility testing?

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Question 14

What is minimal inhibitory concentration?

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Question 15

What is minimal bactericidal concentration ?

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Question 16

Illustrate the MIC/MBC dilution method

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Question 17

What is the disk sensitivity test?

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Question 18

How do you select the right agent?

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Question 19

How does an organisms identity help with antibacterial medications?

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Question 20

Contrast gram negative and gram positive cell walls

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Question 21

Contrast what gram stains look like

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Question 22

What is a gram stain?

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Question 23

How does organism susceptibility to an agent influence antibiotic choice?

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Question 24

How does the antibiotic enhance resistance?

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Question 25

What are the main resistance mechanisms?

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Question 26

What is primary resistance?

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Question 27

What is Acquired drug resistance?

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Question 28

What is empiric therapy?

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Question 29

Describe the impact of the site of infection on antibacterials choice

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Question 30

What are the Pharmological factors of antibacterial choice?

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Question 31

Describe the choice of route of administration in antibacterial medication

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Question 32

Describe the complications of antibiotic therapy

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Question 33

What patient factors impact antibacterial choice?

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Question 34

How can cost of therapy influence antibacterial therapy?

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Question 35

What are the advantages of combination therapy ?

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Question 36

Describe the mechanism for synergism in combination therapy

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Question 37

What are the disadvantages of combination therapy ?

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Question 38

Give an overview of antimicrobial chemoprophylaxis

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Question 39

Describe antimicrobial surgical prophylaxis

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Question 40

Describe antimicrobial non surgical prophylaxis

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Question 41

What are the cell wall synthesis inhibitors?

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Question 42

Why do cell wall inhibitors work so well?

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Question 43

What does peptidoglycan mean?

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Question 44

What are penicillin binding proteins (PBP)?

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Question 45

What are beta-lactam antibiotics?

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Question 46

What are the mechanisms of action of beta-lactams?

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Question 47

What are Beta-lactamses ?

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Question 48

What are the B-lactase inhibitirs?

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Question 49

What are synergistic combinations? In what Form are they used and/or restricted?

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