Antibiotic Drugs Flashcards
Also known as prokaryotes which are single-celled organisms that lack a true.
Bacteria
He devised a method to classify bacteria using the Gram-stain method.
Hans Christian Gram
A substances that inhibit bacterial growth or kill bacteria and other microorganisms.
ANTIBACTERIAL DRUGS
He discovered the mold that
produced Penicillin which was the first antibiotic to be used and marketed.
Alexander Fleming
A drugs that penetrate the bacterial cell wall and have an affinity for the bacteria’s binding sites.
Antibacterial
When bacteria is sensitive to the drug = the pathogen can be inhibited or
_______.
Destroyed
When bacteria is resistant to the drug
= the pathogen will continue to _____
despite administration.
Grow
What type of resistance that occurs
without previous exposure to the drug.
Inherent
What type os resistance that caused by prior exposure to the antibacterial.
Acquired
It occurs when one antibiotic increases the effectiveness of the 2nd drug.
POTENTIATIVE EFFECT
When two drugs are used together, the desired effect may be greatly reduced.
ANTAGONISTIC EFFECT
Spectrum that primarily effective against one type of organism (selective).
NARROW SPECTRUM
This spectrum effective against gram-positive and gramnegative organisms.
BROAD SPECTRUM
What do you call this therapy when a drug selected is known to
be the best drug that can kill the MO.
EMPIRIC THERAPY
It occurs when the antibiotics reduce or completely eliminate the normal bacterial flora.
SUPERINFECTION
This is when signs and symptoms do not improve.
SUBTHERAPEUTIC
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.
DEFINITIVE THERAPY
What are the 3 antibiotics affecting
the bacterial cell wall.
1.Penicillin
2.Cephalosporins
3.Other Inhibitors
True of False:
Penicillins are contraindicated for clients who have a severe history of allergies.
True
It is a bioassay performed on the skin which detects presence of allergen- specific IgE on a patient’s mast
cells.
Skin testing
