Antibiotic Drugs

Question 1

Also known as prokaryotes which are single-celled organisms that lack a true.

Answer 1

Bacteria

Question 2

He devised a method to classify bacteria using the Gram-stain method.

Answer 2

Hans Christian Gram

Question 3

A substances that inhibit bacterial growth or kill bacteria and other microorganisms.

Answer 3

ANTIBACTERIAL DRUGS

Question 4

He discovered the mold that
produced Penicillin which was the first antibiotic to be used and marketed.

Answer 4

Alexander Fleming

Question 5

A drugs that penetrate the bacterial cell wall and have an affinity for the bacteria’s binding sites.

Answer 5

Antibacterial

Question 6

When bacteria is sensitive to the drug = the pathogen can be inhibited or
_______.

Answer 6

Destroyed

Question 7

When bacteria is resistant to the drug
= the pathogen will continue to _____
despite administration.

Answer 7

Grow

Question 8

What type of resistance that occurs
without previous exposure to the drug.

Answer 8

Inherent

Question 9

What type os resistance that caused by prior exposure to the antibacterial.

Answer 9

Acquired

Question 10

It occurs when one antibiotic increases the effectiveness of the 2nd drug.

Answer 10

POTENTIATIVE EFFECT

Question 11

When two drugs are used together, the desired effect may be greatly reduced.

Answer 11

ANTAGONISTIC EFFECT

Question 12

Spectrum that primarily effective against one type of organism (selective).

Answer 12

NARROW SPECTRUM

Question 13

This spectrum effective against gram-positive and gramnegative organisms.

Answer 13

BROAD SPECTRUM

Question 14

What do you call this therapy when a drug selected is known to
be the best drug that can kill the MO.

Answer 14

EMPIRIC THERAPY

Question 15

It occurs when the antibiotics reduce or completely eliminate the normal bacterial flora.

Answer 15

SUPERINFECTION

Question 16

This is when signs and symptoms do not improve.

Answer 16

SUBTHERAPEUTIC

Question 17

A therapy that once the MO is identified in the lab, the antibiotic therapy is tailored by using the most
narrow-spectrum, least toxic drug based on C&S results.

Answer 17

DEFINITIVE THERAPY

Question 18

What are the 3 antibiotics affecting
the bacterial cell wall.

Answer 18

1.Penicillin
2.Cephalosporins
3.Other Inhibitors

Question 19

True of False:
Penicillins are contraindicated for clients who have a severe history of allergies.

Answer 19

True

Question 20

It is a bioassay performed on the skin which detects presence of allergen- specific IgE on a patient’s mast
cells.

Answer 20

Skin testing