Antimicrobial

Question 1

Chemotherapy

Answer 1

Use of drugs to treat disease

Question 2

Types of bacteria

Answer 2

Gram positive or gram negative
Gram positive bacteria have a thick peptidoglycan wall with no outer lipid layer. Gram negative have thin peptidoglycan wall with outer lipid layer

Question 3

Mechanisms of antibiotics

Answer 3

Inhibition of cell wall synthesis (penicillin)
Inhibition of protein synthesis
Inhibition of nucleic acid replication and transcription
Breakdown of plasma membrane
Inhibition of enzymes producing essential metabolites

Question 4

Beta lactamase

Answer 4

Enzyme that inactivates penicillin by breaking beta lactam ring
Antibiotics may be given with beta lactamase inhibitors

Question 5

How bacteria become antibiotic resistance

Answer 5

Prevent entry
Break down antibiotic
Alter receptor antibiotic binds to
Expels antibiotic