Antimicrobial Therapy

Question 1

drug in the right amount kills pathogens without damaging the host

Answer 1

Selective toxicity

Question 2

what do bacteriostatic drugs do?

Answer 2

inhibit multiplication of bacteria

Question 3

what do bactericidal drugs do?

Answer 3

kill bacteria

Question 4

diff between broad spectrum and narrow spectrum

Answer 4

Broad spectrum: Beta-lactam antibiotics for gram (+) and (-)

Narrow: aminoglycosides which act mostly on gram-negative bacteria