Antibiotic Drugs

Question 1

The medicine that fights bacterial infections in people and animals.

Answer 1

Antibiotics

Question 2

The 7 Antimicrobial Drugs

Answer 2

1. Antibacterial
2. Antituberculars
3. Antifungals
4. Antivirals
5. Antimalarials
6. Antihelmintics
7. Peptides

Question 3

Discovered by Alexander Fleming the mold that produced PENICILLIN which was the first antibiotic to be used and marketed.

Answer 3

Antibacterial Drugs

Question 4

Drugs used to treat infections caused by Mycobacterium bacterial species.

ie. TUBERCOLOSIS

Answer 4

Antituberculosis medication/ antimycobacterium

Question 5

used to describe fungal infection.

Answer 5

Mycosis

Question 6

ANTIMALARIAL DRUGS

Answer 6

chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine; mefloquine and quinine - works by inhibiting DNA and RNA polymerase and raises the pH within the parasite which interferes with the parasite’s ability to metabolize and use erythrocyte’s hemoglobin

Question 7

A drug used to treat infections of animals with parasitic worms.

Answer 7

Anthelmintics

Question 8

Chemicals that kill or suppress viruses by either destroying virions or inhibiting their ability to replicate.

Answer 8

Antiviral drugs

Question 9

The two types of antiviral drugs.

Answer 9

Antivirals (non-HIV) and Antiretrovirals

Question 10

It is used to treat bacterial infections, especially those caused by multidrug-resistant pathogens.

Answer 10

Antimicrobial peptides