CD-05 Flashcards
What is Antibiotic?
Antibiotic produced by a microorganism which inhibits the growth of other microorganisms.
What is Antibacterial?
Produced by a microorganism
All antibiotics are antimicrobial but not all anti-microbial are antibiotics.
What is the definition of Antimicrobial?
Substance (synthetically or biological) that inhibits the growth of microbes.
Selective toxicity?
selectively kills or inhibits the growth of microbes
while causing minimal or no harm to the host. (it is an important quality for an antimicrobial drug is selective toxicity)
With Gram negative bacteria the crystal violet is washed away leaving the red safranin dye?
Yes
What acts as a virulence factor in bacteria?
Bacterial CAPSULES act as virulence factors
What protect bacteria from stress?
Bacterial spores
Bacteria reproduce by?
Binary fission (divide One body into two new bodies via asexual reproduction)
What are the key stages of microbial pathogenesis?
Exposure ->Adherence->Invasion->Replication
Which types of bacterial Cell wall mainly consists peptidoglycan?
Gram negative
cell wall Peptidoglycan and Lipid?
Gram Negative
Endotoxin?
Toxin is part of the bacteria
Exotoxin?
Toxin is secreted by the bacteria
Pathology?
study of causes and effects of injury
Pathogenesis?
Development of a disease
NICE Guideline means?
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
Fever in under 5s
Patients age under 5 years Do not use ANTIPYRETIC for sole reason of reducing fever?
Disease of human depends on?
Microbes and Host so therefore treat host factors as well.