Antibiotic Drugs Flashcards
Drugs that inhibits bacterial growth, kill bacteria and other microorganisms
Antibacterial drugs
Single-celled organisms that lack a true nucleus, nuclear membrane and is known as prokaryotes
Bacteria
Pathogen will continue to grow despite administration if bacteria is?
Resistant to a drug / resistance to antibacterial drugs
First antibiotic marketed and was discovered by Alexander Fleming
Penicillin
This substance inhibits growth of bacteria, has low potency and is applied to living tissue or skin
Antiseptic
Substance that kills bacteria by applying to nonliving objects and has high potency
Disinfectant
A type of resistance caused by prior exposure to antibacterial
Acquired resistance
Type of resistance which occurs without previous exposure to the drug
Inherent resistance
It is a secondary infection that occurs when the normal microbial flora of the body are disturbed during antibiotic therapy
Superinfection
Narrow spectrum is a type of antibiotic that is primarily effective against _______?
One type of organism (selective)
drug that inhibits synthesis of bacterial peptidoglycan cell wall
Beta-lactam antibiotics
A drug that have the broadest antibacterial actions of any antibiotics
Carbapenems
Give three antibiotics that works by interfering with protein synthesis
Tetracyclines
Macrolides
Aminoglycosides
Most common Macrolides are?
Azithromycin
Clarithromycin
Erythromycin
A combination of these drugs stops bacterial growth by interfering with the ability of the bacteria to use folic acid, and the other one works by killing the bacteria
Sulfonamide + Trimethoprim
