Disease Control: Antimicrobials Flashcards
1
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selective toxicity
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selectively finding and destroying pathogens without damaging the host
2
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chemotherapy
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the use of chemicals to treat a disease
3
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antibiotic
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a substance produced by a microbe that, in small amounts, inhibits another micorbe
4
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antimicrobial drugs
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synthetic substances that interfere with the growth of microbes
5
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1909:
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Sanachiro Hata in Paul Erhlich’s Lab discovered arsphenamine (Salvarsan), the first effective medicinal treatment for syphilis, thereby initiating and also naming the concept of chemotherapy
6
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1928:
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Fleming discovered penicillin, produced
by Penicillium
7
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1932:
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Prontosil red dye used for streptococcal infections
8
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1940:
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First clinical trials of penicillin
9
Q
today there is a growing problem of _____
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antibiotic resistance
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