Lesson 10

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Chemotherapeutic agents

Question 2

Any drug used to treat diseases

Answer 2

Chemotherapeutic agents

Question 3

The chemotherapeutic agents used to treat infectious disease

Answer 3

Antimicrobial agents

Question 4

The “Father of Chemotherapy”

Answer 4

Paul Erhlich

Question 5

Proved effective in treating syphilis

Answer 5

Salvarsan

Question 6

Salvarsan is also known as

Answer 6

Compound 606

Question 7

Drugs used to treat bacterial disease

Answer 7

Antibacterial agents

Question 8

Drugs uswd to treat virus

Answer 8

Antiviral agent

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Antibiotic

Question 10

Are all antibiotics an antimicrobial agents?

Answer 10

Yes

Question 11

Are all antimicrobial agents an antibiotic

Answer 11

No

Question 12

Example of antibiotics produced by moulds

Answer 12

Penicillin and Cephalosporin

Question 13

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

Answer 13

Sulfonamide drugs

Question 14

Inhibit growth of bacteria

Answer 14

Static

Question 15

They kill EITHER gram negative or positive bacteria

Answer 15

Narrow spectrum antibiotics

Question 16

They kill BOTH gram negative or positive bacteria

Answer 16

Broad Spectrum Antibiotics

Question 17

It destroys gram positive bacteria

Answer 17

Vancomycij

Question 18

They destroy gram negative bacteria

Answer 18

Colistin and nalidixic acid

Question 19

Major categories of antibacterial agents

Answer 19

PCTAMF
Penicillin
Cephalosporin
Tetracycline
Aminoglycosides
Macrolides
Fluoroquinolones

Question 20

Referred to a B-lactam drugs

Answer 20

Penicillin

Question 21

Molecular structure includes a four sided ring structure known as

Answer 21

B-lactam ring

Question 22

Clostridium perfringes

Answer 22

Anaerobic bacteria

Question 23

Treponema pallidum

Answer 23

Spirochetes

Question 24

Staphylococcus aureus, streptococcus pneumoniae

Answer 24

Gram positive cocci

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Cephalosporin

Question 26

What generation: Active against gram positive bacteria

Answer 26

First generation

Question 27

What generation: Active against gram negative bacteria

Answer 27

Second generation

Question 28

What generation: Even greater activity against gram negative bacteria

Answer 28

Third generation

Question 29

Active against both positive and negative bacteria

Answer 29

Fourth gen

Question 30

Broad spectrum drugs that exert their effect by targeting bacterial ribosomes

Answer 30

Tetracycline

Question 31

Broad spectrum drugs that inhibit bacterial protein synthesis

Answer 31

Aminoglycosides

Question 32

Inhibit protein synthesis

Answer 32

Macrolides

Question 33

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

Answer 33

Fluoroquinolones

Question 34

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

Answer 34

Tetracycline

Question 35

Antibiotics effective against gram negative

Answer 35

Aminoglycosidwz

Question 36

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

Answer 36

Multidrug therapy

Question 37

Multiresistsnt strain of M. Tuberculosis

Answer 37

Rifampicin Isoniazid Pyrazinamide Ethambutol

Question 38

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

Answer 38

Synergism

Question 39

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

Answer 39

Antagonism

Question 40

The first antiviral agent effective against HIV

Answer 40

zidovudine

Question 41

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

Answer 41

Superbug

Question 42

Resistant to antistaphylococcal drugs except vancomycin

Answer 42

MRSA AND MRSE

Question 43

Have developed resistance to the usual dosages of vancomycin

Answer 43

VISA

Question 44

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

Answer 44

VRSQ

Question 45

Strains are resistant to most anti-enterococcal drugs

Answer 45

VRE