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Chapter 12: Antibiotics and Antimicrobial Drugs Flashcards

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What does Selectively toxic mean?

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Drugs should kill or inhibit microbial cells without damaging host tissues

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Narrow-spectrum

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Effective on a small range of microbes and targets specific cell component found only in certain microbes

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Broad-spectrum

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Greatest range of activity and targets cell components common to most pathogens (ribosomes)

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Which antimicrobial drugs blocks the synthesis of peptidoglycan?

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Penicillin & cephalosporins

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What is selectively toxic?

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Drugs should only kill or inhibit microbial cells without simultaneously damaging the host

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_____ are common metabolic products of aerobic bacteria and fungi

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antibiotics

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What type of spectrum is effective on a small range of microbes?

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Narrow-spectrum

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Which spectrum has the greatest range of activity?

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Broad-spectrum

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Narrow-spectrum targets?

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specific cell component that is found only on certain microbes (Gram + or -)

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Broad-spectrum targets?

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Components common to most pathogens (ribosomes)

** can affect host cell

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Which Beta-lactam drug affect the bacterial cell wall?

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Penicillin & Cephalosporins

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What drugs block the synthesis of peptidoglycan, causing the cell wall to lyse

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Penicillin & Cephalosporins

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What are the non-beta lactam cell wall inhibitors?

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Vancomycin & Bacitracin

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Vancomycin (Narrow-spectrum) are most effective against?

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staphylococcal infections

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Bacitracin (Narrow-spectrum) is taken from?

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a strain of Bacillus subtilis; used topically in ointment

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Drugs that disrupt the cell membrane function?

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Polymyxins & Amphotericin B & nystatin

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Polymyxins interact with?

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phospholipids and cause leakage, particularly in gram (-)

18
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Amphotericin B & nystatin form?

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complexes with steroids on fungal membrane

19
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Drugs that block protein synthesis

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Aminoglycosides & Tetracyclines

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Aminoglycosides cause?

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misreading of mRNA

21
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Tetracyclines block?

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attachment of tRNA on the A acceptor site and stop further protein synthesis.

22
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Tetracyclines antibiotics are used to treat?

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STDs, Rocky mountain spotted fever, lyme disase, typhys, acne, and protozoa.

23
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Drugs that affect metabolic pathways

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Sulfonamides & trimethropim

24
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Sulfonamides and Trimethropim block the synthesis of?

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folic acid

25
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Drugs can affect metabolic pathways by?

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competitive inhibitors and synergistic affects

26
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Drugs that affect nucleic acid synthesis may block synthesis of?

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nucleotides, inhibit replication, or stop transcription

27
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What drugs affect nucleic acid synthesis?

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Chloroquine & Quinolones

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Chloroquines does what?

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binds and cross-links the double helix to treat MALARIA infections

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Quinolones

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inhibit DNA helicase

30
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Nucleotide analogs

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block replication, transcription, or translation of viral genetic material

31
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Drugs that act as a protease inhibitors are seen in?

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HIV and Flu

32
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Drugs that treat influenza

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Amantadine, rimantidine

Relenza and tamiflu

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Amantadine and Rimantidine do what?

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prevent the fusion of virus with cell membrane in only influenza A

34
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Relenza & tamiflu do what?

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blocks Neuraminidase in influenza A & B

35
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What drugs are nucleotide analogs?

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Acyclovir - Herpes
Ribavin - guanine analog - hemorrhagic fevers
AZT- thyamine analong- HIV

36
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Acyclovir terminates?

A

DNA replication in herpesviruses

37
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Azidothymidine is a drug used to treat?

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HIV

38
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Most effective drug against gram + respiratory tract infections?

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Ketolides

39
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Used to treat respiratory infections, skin and blood

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Oxazolidinones

40
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Newly developed classes of antimicrobials are?

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Ketolides and oxazolidinones (Linezolid)

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