Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing

Question 1

what is the purpose of antimicrobial?

Answer 1

to prevent or treat infections

Question 1

what is the purpose of antibiotic?

Answer 1

targets bacteria

Question 2

what does prevents the life cycle of virus?

Answer 2

Antiretroviral therapy

Question 3

treatment of people infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) using anti-HIV drugs.

Answer 3

Antiretroviral therapy (ART)

Question 3

standard treatment consists of a combination of drugs that suppress HIV replication

Answer 3

“highly active antiretroviral therapy” or HAART

Question 4

a type of antimicrobial substance active against bacteria

Answer 4

antibiotic

Question 5

it is an important quality for antimicrobial drug to selectively kills or inhibits the growth of microbial targets while causing minimal or no harm to the host

Answer 5

selective toxicity

Question 6

most important type of antibacterial agent for fighting bacterial infections, and antibiotic medications are widely used in the treatment and prevention of such infections

Answer 6

antibiotic

Question 7

may either kill or inhibit the growth of bacteria

Answer 7

antibiotics

Question 8

what does static mean

Answer 8

to stop

Question 9

what does cidal mean

Answer 9

to kill

Question 10

antibiotics can be bacterio___ or bacteri___

Answer 10

bacteriostatic or bactericidal

Question 11

to kill the bacteria

Answer 11

bactericidal

Question 12

job to stop bacteria; makes the development of bacteria slower
our immune system is not stress

Answer 12

Bacteriostatic

Question 13

occurs when bacteria change in response to the use of these medicines

Answer 13

antibiotic resistance

Question 14

leads to higher medical hosts, prolonged hospital stays, and increased mortality

Answer 14

antibiotic resistance

Question 15

the resistance of specific bacteria to drug

Answer 15

Antibiotic resistance

Question 16

reason why bacteria mutate?

Answer 16

Mutation allows for bacteria to become resistant

Question 17

ability of the microorganism to cause disease

Answer 17

Virulence

Question 18

egg of parasites

Answer 18

Oocyc

Question 19

expose in antibiotic

Answer 19

Commensal bacteria

Question 20

a testing method is the measurement of the susceptibility of bacteria to antibiotics

Answer 20

antibiotic sensitivity testing or susceptibility testing

Question 21

used because bacteria may have resistance to some antibiotics

Answer 21

antibiotic sensitivity testing or susceptibility testing

Question 22

small filter paper disks containing antibiotics are placed onto a plate upon which bacteria are growing

Answer 22

kirby-bauer method or disk diffusion antibiotic sensitivity testing

Question 23

a bacteria cell spreader for the even distribution of bacteria on the plate

Answer 23

sterile L-shape

Question 24

a process through which the concentration of an organism, bacteria in this example, is systematically reduced through successive resuspension in fixed volumes of liquid diluent

Answer 24

Serial dilution