ANTIBIOTIC DRUGS Flashcards
what effect is this when two drugs are used together, the desired effect may be grealy reduced?
ANTAGONIST EFFECT
what happen if the bacteria is sensitive to the drug?
the pathogen can be inhibited or destroyed
what are the 3 antibiotics affecting the bacterial cell wall?
- penicillin
- cephalosporins
- other inhibitors
antiobiotics affecting protein synthesis
- tetracyclines
2.macrolides - aminoglycosides
what are the three mycobacterial, fungal and parasitic agents
- antimycobacterial
2.antiprotozoal
3.antifungal
what is teh term used to described fungal infection
mycosis
what is the fungi that cause integumentary infections
dermatophytes
these drugs are commonly used and often administered without prescription for oral and vaginal mycoses
Topical Antifungal
It disrupts cellular metabolic pathways of fungi
anti-metabolite ( flucytosine)
It inhibit dihyddddddfolate reductase, enzyme needed for production of vital subatnces
Pyrimethamine
these drugs are chemicals that kill or supress virus by iether destroying virions or inhibiting their ability to replicate
antiviral drugs
an antimalarial drugs that binds and alters parasitic DNA
Primaquine
this is the stage of HIV infection wherein infection progresses, and opportunistic infection begins
Stage 3
stage of HIV infection wherein rashes, fever, sore throat, night sweats, candidiasis and the CD4 cells begin to drop
Stage 2
lipodystrophy or redistribution of fat stores under the skin, dyslipidemia, insulin resistance
Protease inhibitor