Antibiotics

Question 1

vancomycin

Answer 1

antibiotic

Question 2

what is vanomycin’s mode of action

Answer 2

cell wall inhibitor

Question 3

rifamycin

Answer 3

antibiotic

Question 4

what is rifamycin’s mode of action

Answer 4

transcription inhibitor

Question 5

tetracycline

Answer 5

antibiotic

Question 6

what is tetracycline’s mode of action

Answer 6

protein synthesis inhibitor

Question 7

chloramphenicol

Answer 7

antibiotic

Question 8

what is chloramphenicol’s mode of action

Answer 8

protein synthesis inhibitor

Question 9

clavulanic acid

Answer 9

beta-lactamase inhibitor

Question 10

amphotericin B

Answer 10

antifungal

Question 11

nystatin

Answer 11

antifungal

Question 12

daunorubicin, doxorubicin, epirubicin

Answer 12

anticancer

Question 13

bleomycin

Answer 13

anticancer

Question 14

nocardia

Answer 14

can degrade many molecules, bioremediation applications
opportunistic pathogens causing nocardiosis

Question 15

nocardiosis

Answer 15

usually infects the lungs, but can infect the central nervous system

Question 16

propionibacterium

Answer 16

anaerobic or aerotolerant
found on skin and in digestive tract of animals
on human skin

Question 17

bifidobacteriales

Answer 17

anerobic
human mouth and gut microbiome

Question 18

salmonella

Answer 18

typhoid fever and gastroenteritis

Question 19

shigella

Answer 19

bacillary dysentery

Question 20

klebsiella

Answer 20

pneumonia

Question 21

yersinia

Answer 21

plague

Question 22

chlamydia

Answer 22

obligate intercellular parasites

Question 23

C. botulinum

Answer 23

ingested, botulinum toxin
food spoilage(canned)

Question 24

C. tetani

Answer 24

tetanus
produce toxins that interfere with muscle contractions
bacteria enter through open cuts on skin or wounds

Question 25

C. perfingens

Answer 25

secretes protein toxins that cause food poisoning, gas gangrene
destroys tissues, releasing proteins for fermentation
produces gas in tissues of gangrene or recent trauma
causes very painful swelling
skin turns pale to brownish red

Question 26

bacillus

Answer 26

aerobic
form endospores
antibiotics(bacitracin, polymyxin, gramicidin)

Question 27

listeria

Answer 27

L. monocytogenes cause listeriosis
infection from contaminated often ready-to-eat foods

Question 28

staphylococcae

Answer 28

faculatively anerobic, nonmotile
no endospores
common commensal of animals/humans
causal agent for many human diseases

Question 29

staphylococcus aureus

Answer 29

most important human staphylococcal pathogen
causes absecces, boils, would infections, pneumonia, toxic shock syndrome
major cause of common food poisoning
virulence factors

Question 30

virulence factors

Answer 30

coagulate which causes blood plasma to clot
toxin beta-hemolysin lyses red blood cells

Question 31

methicillin-resistant-antibiotic resistance

Answer 31

S. aureus isolates that are resistant to beta-lactam antibiotics(penicillins, and cephalosporins)
nosocomal infections(hospital)
community-associated MRSA(CA-MRSA)
appears to widely distributed in livestock population

Question 32

staphylococcus epidermidis

Answer 32

common skin resident
infections of patients with lowered resistance

Question 33

streptococcus

Answer 33

mouth, respiratory tract
species differentiation: hemolytic properties

Question 34

pyogenic streptococcus

Answer 34

sore throat, rheumatic fever, beta-hemolysis on blood agar

Question 35

oral streptococcus

Answer 35

dental caries
alpha or gamma hemolysis

Question 36

S. pneumoniae

Answer 36

lobar pneumonia and middle ear infections