ANTIBIOTICS DRUGS Flashcards
1
Q
- What are the 7 anti-microbial drugs?
A
Antibacterials
Antituberculars
Antifungals
Antivirals
Antimalarials
Antihelmintics
Peptides
2
Q
- It is also known as prokaryotes which are single-celled organisms that lack a true nucleus and nuclear membrane
A
Bacteria
3
Q
- He came up with a way to categorize germs using the Gram-stain technique.
A
Hans Christian Gram
4
Q
- Penicillin was the first antibiotic to be used and marketed, and he found the mold that made it.
A
Alexander Fleming
5
Q
- Difference between bacteriostatic and bactericidal.
A
Bacteriostatic inhibits growth while bactericidal kills
6
Q
- What are the two types of resistance?
A
Inherent and Acquired
7
Q
- Is superinfection a secondary infection?
A
True
8
Q
- What are the three effect of antibiotic combinations?
A
Additive effect, potentiative effect, and antagonistic effect.
9
Q
- What distinguishes narrow spectrum from broad spectrum?
A
Narrow spectrum is effective against one type of organism while broad spectrum is effect to both positive and negative gram organisms.
10
Q
- What aspects of the bacterial cell wall are the antibiotics affecting?
A
Penicillin, Cephalosporins, Other inhibitors
11
Q
- DOC for meningitis is caused by _________.
A
Gram negative cocci, Neisseria meningitides
12
Q
- Common Penicillin adverse reaction
A
Hypersensitivity and superinfection
13
Q
- By tying up with a protein, it prevents protein synthesis.
A
Macrolides
14
Q
- CAMP on My Border means
A
Legionnella, Campylobacter, Mycoplasma, and Bordetella
15
Q
- Do medicines and macrolides compete for hepatic metabolism space?
A
True
16
Q
- What are the three most common aminoglycosides?
A
Amikacin
Gentamicin
Tobramycin
17
Q
- Why the duration of therapy in aminoglycosides is as short as possible?
A
To avoid damage the cranial nerves
18
Q
- It does not harm human DNA and instead destroys germs by changing their DNA.
A
Quinolones
19
Q
- Characterized by granulomas in the lungs caused by a buildup of inflammatory cells and having the consistency of cheesy caseated
A
Tuberculosis
20
Q
- A tuberculosis that demonstrates resistance to two or more drugs.
A
Multi-drug resistant tb
