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1
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Who discovered the original penicillin in 1928? (a shot)

A

Alexander Flemming

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A drug must be able to?

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  • easy to administer
  • able to reach the infectious agents anywhere in the body
  • selectively toxic
  • remain in the body as long as needed, and can be safely and easily broken down and excreted
  • very few drugs meet all these
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absolutely toxic to the infectious agent and nontoxic to the host this is?

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selectively toxic

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4
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Drugs from bacteria?

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streptomyces and bacillus

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Drugs from mold?

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Penicillium and cephalopsporium

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Before starting treatment what are the three factor you must know?

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  • nature of the microorganism
  • degree of the microorganisms susceptibility (sensitivity) to various drugs.
  • overall medical condition of the patient.
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What test for drug susceptibility measures the zone of inhibition surrounding the discs is measured and compared with a standard for each drug?

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Kirby-Bauer technique

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What test for drug susceptibility is this?
-Antimicrobial is diluted
-Each tube is inoculated with a small uniform sample of pure culture
-Minimum inhibitory concentration
The test can be expanded to determine a MBC (Minimum bactericidal concentration

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Tube dilution tests

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What is the smallest concentration (highest dilution) of drug that visibly inhibits growth?

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Minimum inhibitory concentration

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What are the two tests that test drug susceptibility?

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  • Kirby-Bauer technique

- Tube dilution tests

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What is the ratio of the dose of the drug that is toxic to humans as compared to its minimum effective (therapeutic) dose

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Therapeutic index

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12
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1.1 is?

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a risky choice for drug reactions.

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13
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Before prescribing an antibiotic a doctor should ask?

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  • Preexisting conditions
  • History of allergy
  • Underlying liver or kidney disease
  • Infants, the elderly, and pregnant
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14
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Drug testing summary includes?

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  • Lab tests
  • Animal tests
  • Human Clinical Trials
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Which phase is done in healthy young people (usually males) to test for toxicity

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Phase I Clinical trial of Human Clinical Trials

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Which phase is done in persons with the infection or disorder to see if the drug is effective

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Phase II clinical trials of Human Clinical Trials

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Which phase continues after phase II but compares the drug to any current treatments on the market

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Phase III clinical trials of Human Clinical Trials

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Which phase occurs after market studies

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Phase IV of Human Clinical Trials

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19
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What are these?

  • Inhibition of cell wall synthesis
  • Inhibition of nucleic acid structure and function
  • Inhibition of protein synthesis
  • Interference with cell membrane structure and function
  • Inhibition of a metabolic process
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Modes of actions for Antimicrobial drugs

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20
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What targets peptidoglycan

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Inhibition of cell wall synthesis

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21
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DNA or RNA structure or synthesis is?

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DNA or RNA structure or synthesis is?

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22
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What targets the prokaryotic ribosome

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Inhibition of protein synthesis

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23
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What targets the plasma membrane

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Interference with cell membrane structure and function

24
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What targets a metabolic process in the microbe that is different

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Inhibition of a metabolic process

25
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What is effective against more than one group of bacteria

  • Advantage is that you don’t have to know the cause of the infection first
  • Disadvantage is that you will kill normal flora and cause a superinfection
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Broad-spectrum drugs

26
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What targets a specific group?

  • Advantage is that you will not kill normal flora (at least not as much)
  • Disadvantage is that you must be reasonably sure of the cause of the infection
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Narrow-spectrum drugs

27
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Which are the microbes that were once small in number overgrow when normal resident biota are destroyed by broad-spectrum antimicrobials

A

Superinfection

28
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A later version could be taken as a pill but had to be taken every 4 hours

A

Penicillin

29
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Semisynthetic penicillins are?

A

altered, they work better.

30
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What do biofilms do for bacteria?

A

protect them

31
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What are the five Classes of Antimicrobials?

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Antibacterial drugs
Antifungal drugs
Antiprotozoal drugs
Antihelminthic drugs
Antiviral drugs
32
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Antibacterials that Target the cell wall are?

A 
Penicillins
Clavulanic acid
Cephalosporins 
Carbepenems
Bacitracin
Vancomycin
Isoniazid
Ethambutol
33
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What am i?

  • Many semisynthetics available.
  • Only problem in allergic reactions.
  • Resistant microbes produce beta lactamase that break the central ring of the penicillin molecule (the beta lactam ring)
A

Penicillin

34
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Who am i?

  • Inhibits beta lactamase enzymes
  • Added to penicillins to reduce resistance
  • Example: Augmentin (clavulanic acid + amoxicillin)
A

Clavulanic acid

35
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Who am i?

  • Many generations available
  • Good for people allergic to penicillin
  • Can be affected by beta lactamase producing microbes
A

Cephalosporins

36
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Who am i?

  • Good for people allergic to penicillin
  • Broad Spectrum
  • Reserved for more serious infections
  • Resistant to beta lactamase enzymes
A

Carbepenems

37
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What is used topically against staph and strep. Found in triple antibiotic ointment?

A

Bacitracin

38
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What is used for multidrug resistant staph or strep infections?

A

Vancomycin

39
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What inhibits the synthesis of mycolic acid?

Also used in combination therapy to treat tuberculosis and leprosy.

A

Isoniazid

40
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What prevents the encorporation of mycolic acid in the cell wall.
Also used in combination with isoniazid.

A

Ethambutol

41
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Antibacterials that Target 70S ribosomes (protein synthesis) are?

A
  • Streptomycin
  • Neomycin
  • Tetracycline
  • Erythromycin
  • Clindamycin
42
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Who am i?

  • first drug to treat Gram negative infection and tuberculosis
  • Broad spectrum
  • Can cause nephrotoxicity and ototoxicity
A

Streptomycin (1943)

43
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Who am i?

  • treats Gram negative infection
  • Is nephrotoxic so is usually used topically (part of the triple antibiotic ointment
A

Neomycin

44
Q

Who am i?

  • Very broad spectrum
  • Can stain growing teeth brown
  • Causes superinfections
A

Tetracycline

45
Q

Who am i?

  • Family of antibiotics (includes the “Z pack”)
  • Good for patients allergic to penicillin
  • Used of respiratory, ear and skin infections
A

Erythromycin

46
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Who am i?

  • Used to treat drug resistant staph and stomach and intestinal infections that do not respond to other medications
  • Good for anaerobic infections
A

Clindamycin

47
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Antibacterials that microbial metabolism are?

A

Sulfonamides

Trimethoprim

48
Q

Who am i?

-Inhibit the synthesis of folic acid

A

Sulfonamides

49
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What is a sulfonamide and is used for UTI’s?

A

Trimethoprim

50
Q

Antibacterials that target DNA or RNA are?

A

Fluoroquinolones

Rifamycin

51
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  • Inhibit bacterial topoisomerases or helicases (inhibit DNA synthesis)
  • Used for serious infections like anthrax, kidney infections, pneumonia, etc.
A

Fluoroquinolones

52
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  • Inhibits RNA synthesis
  • Used for tuberculosis (in combination with isoniazid and ethambutol)
  • Also used for meningitis
A

Rifammycin

53
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Folic acid is need to synthesize ___ and ___ nucleotides

A

DNA and RNA

54
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We don’t make our own _______, we get it in our diet

A

folic acid

55
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Antibacterials that target the Plasma Membrane

A

Polymyxin B

56
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  • Interacts with phospholipids and distorts the plasma membrane, making it leaky
  • Most effective against Gram negative bacteria
  • Usually used topically (part of the triple antibiotic ointment)
  • Can be used against Pseudomonas
A

Polymyxin B

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