Antibiotic Therapy

Question 1

What is an antibiotic?

Answer 1

a drug used to treat or prevent infection caused by micro organisms

Question 2

What does a bacteriostatic do?

Answer 2

inhibits growth of bacteria

Question 3

What does a bactericidal do?

Answer 3

kill bacteria

Question 4

Cell wall of bacteria is targeted by what?

Answer 4

beta lactams and glycopeptide antibiotics

Question 5

Flucloxacillin is useful for what bacteria only?

Answer 5

streptococcus and staphylococcus

Question 6

Temocillin is resistant to what?

Answer 6

beta lactamase

Question 7

What do cephalosporins do?

Answer 7

inhibit cell wall synthesis

Question 8

Are cephalosporins used often?

Answer 8

no because affect normal bowel flora

Question 9

Give a disadvantage of beta lactam antibiotics

Answer 9

resistance

Question 10

Glycoproteins are what type of antibiotic?

Answer 10

bactericidal

Question 11

Antibiotics targeting protein synthesis are what type?

Answer 11

bacteriostatic

Question 12

What does toxicity damage?

Answer 12

kidneys

Question 13

What is tetracylines mode of action?

Answer 13

actively transported into cell. Binds to 30S

Question 14

Name some macrolides?

Answer 14

erythromycin, clarythromycin

Question 15

Metronidazole has activity against what?

Answer 15

anaerobes and some parasites

Question 16

Broad spectrum antibiotics increase the risk of what?

Answer 16

C.difficile