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Lesson 10 Flashcards

1
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The chemicals (drugs) used to treat diseases are referred to as

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Chemotherapeutic agents

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2
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Any drug used to treat diseases

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Chemotherapeutic agents

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3
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The chemotherapeutic agents used to treat infectious disease

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Antimicrobial agents

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4
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The “Father of Chemotherapy”

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Paul Erhlich

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5
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Proved effective in treating syphilis

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Salvarsan

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6
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Salvarsan is also known as

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Compound 606

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7
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Drugs used to treat bacterial disease

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Antibacterial agents

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8
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Drugs uswd to treat virus

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Antiviral agent

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9
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A substance produced by a microorganism that is effective in killing or inhibiting the growth of other microorganisms

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Antibiotic

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10
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Are all antibiotics an antimicrobial agents?

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Yes

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11
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Are all antimicrobial agents an antibiotic

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No

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12
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Example of antibiotics produced by moulds

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Penicillin and Cephalosporin

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13
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Inhibit the production of folic acid in those bacteria that require p-aminobenzoic acid

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Sulfonamide drugs

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14
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Inhibit growth of bacteria

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Static

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15
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They kill EITHER gram negative or positive bacteria

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Narrow spectrum antibiotics

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16
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They kill BOTH gram negative or positive bacteria

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Broad Spectrum Antibiotics

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17
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It destroys gram positive bacteria

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Vancomycij

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18
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They destroy gram negative bacteria

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Colistin and nalidixic acid

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19
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Major categories of antibacterial agents

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PCTAMF
Penicillin
Cephalosporin
Tetracycline
Aminoglycosides
Macrolides
Fluoroquinolones

20
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Referred to a B-lactam drugs

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Penicillin

21
Q

Molecular structure includes a four sided ring structure known as

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B-lactam ring

22
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Clostridium perfringes

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Anaerobic bacteria

23
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Treponema pallidum

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Spirochetes

24
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Staphylococcus aureus, streptococcus pneumoniae

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Gram positive cocci

25
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Are B-lactam antibiotics, and like penicillin are produced by moulds

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Cephalosporin

26
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What generation:
Active against gram positive bacteria

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First generation

27
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What generation:
Active against gram negative bacteria

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Second generation

28
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What generation:
Even greater activity against gram negative bacteria

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Third generation

29
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Active against both positive and negative bacteria

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Fourth gen

30
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Broad spectrum drugs that exert their effect by targeting bacterial ribosomes

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Tetracycline

31
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Broad spectrum drugs that inhibit bacterial protein synthesis

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Aminoglycosides

32
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Inhibit protein synthesis

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Macrolides

33
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Are effective against members of the family Enterobactericiae and P. Aeriginosa

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Fluoroquinolones

34
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Antibiotic against chalmydias, mycoplasmas, rickettsia, vibro cholerae, and spirochette

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Tetracycline

35
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Antibiotics effective against gram negative

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Aminoglycosidwz

36
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The use of two or more drugs simultaneously to kill all the pathogens

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Multidrug therapy

37
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Multiresistsnt strain of M. Tuberculosis

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Rifampicin
Isoniazid
Pyrazinamide
Ethambutol

38
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The use of two antimicrobial agents to treat an infectious disease produces a degree of pathogens

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Synergism

39
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When the use of two drugs produces an extent of pathogen killing

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Antagonism

40
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The first antiviral agent effective against HIV

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zidovudine

41
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Refers to an organism that is resistant to only one antimicrobial agent

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Superbug

42
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Resistant to antistaphylococcal drugs except vancomycin

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MRSA AND MRSE

43
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Have developed resistance to the usual dosages of vancomycin

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VISA

44
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Strains have been isolated that are resistant to even the highest practical doses of vancomycin

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VRSQ

45
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Strains are resistant to most anti-enterococcal drugs

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VRE

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