Antibiotic Drugs Flashcards
Who devised a method to classify bacteria using the Gram-stain method?
Hans Christian Gram
What are single-celled organisms that lack a true nucleus and nuclear membrane and are also known as prokaryotes?
Bacteria
What are the substances that inhibit bacterial growth or kill bacteria and other microorganisms?
Antibacterial drugs
Who discovered the mold that produced Penicillin which was the first antibiotic to be used and marketed?
Alexander Fleming
What do you call the minimum amount of antibacterial drug to halt the growth of microorganisms?
MEC (Minimum Effective Concentration)
What happens when bacteria is sensitive to the drug?
The pathogen can be inhibited or destroyed
What happens when bacteria is resistant to the drug?
The pathogen will continue to grow despite administration
What are the examples of mild allergic reactions?
Rash, Pruritus, and hives
what antibiotic combinations occur when one antibiotic increases the effectiveness of the 2nd drug?
Potentiative Effect
What do you call when a drug selected is known to be the best drug that can kill the microorganisms?
Empiric therapy
Prophylactic use is limited to what patients?
Patients with Prosthetic heart valves and Recurring urinary tract infections
What additional drug is needed for beta-lactam drugs to make the drug more powerful against those microorganisms?
Beta-Lactamase Inhibitor
What is the drug of choice for meningitis caused by gram-negative cocci, Neisseria meningitides?
Penicillins
What is done prior to Penicillin administration?
Skin Test
Where should oral cephalosporin be stored?
In a refrigerator
