Lesson 2 Flashcards
Chemicals produced by microorganisms that inhibit the growth of other
microorganisms
Antibiotics
Antibiotic has
Antibacterial agents
Antibiotic can be
Bactericidal or bacteriostatic
Antibiotic can be
Bactericidal or bacteriostatic
Classified as NARROW spectrum or BROAD Spectrum
Antibiotics
with limited coverage against some specific bacteria
Narrow spectrum
have a wide coverage to groups of bacteria
Broad spectrum
Antibiotics Routes of Administration
Oral
Intravenous (IV)
Intramuscular (IM)
occurs when microbes evolve mechanisms that protect them from the effects of antimicrobials/antibiotics
Bacterial resistance
Bacteria develop resistrance to antibiotic through evolution by changing their structure or
components.
Intrinsic Resistance:
Bacteria develop resistance to antibiotics through a new genetic mutation that helps the
bacterium survive or by getting DNA from a bacterium that already is
resistant.
Acquired resistance
Example of intrinsic resitance
antibiotic that affects the wall-building mechanism of the
bacteria, such as penicillin, cannot affect bacteria that do not have a cell wall.
Type of AR where Resistant strains outgrow Susceptible strains and
new strains are R
Chromosomal Mutations
Type of AR where extrachromosomal elements of DNA that are assoc with virulence and antibiotic R
Plasmids
can transfer from plasmid to
plasmid or from DNA chromosome to plasmid
Transposons “jumping genes”
Bacterium DNA change and alter the production of protein, different bacterial components and
receptors, bacteria unrecognized by the antibiotic
Genetic change
Example of genetic change
Escherichia coli (E. coli) and Haemophilus influenza resistance to trimethoprim
Bacteria can share genetic components with other bacteria
and transfer the resistant DNA through a horizontal gene transfer.
DNA Transfer
How can a Bacteria develop R to antibiotics?
- Intrinsic resistance
- Acquired resistance
- Genetic change
- DNA Transfer
Factors for Antibiotic Resistance
•Natural Occurrence/Selection
• Self-medication
•Clinical Misuse/Overuse
• Environmental Pollution/Improper discarding of
unsused/used antibiotics
• Overuse of disinfectants
Laboratory test/procedure in microbiology to determine which
drug will inhibit/kill the microorganism and which drug is
resistant to the microorganism
Antimicrobial susceptibility test
The result will help the physician to decide which drug
(antibiotic) is effective in killing the bacteria causing the
infection as well as what bacteria is present or causing the
infection
Antimicrobial susceptibility test
Standards in analyzing the results, agar used, methods and
incubation is set by CLSI and EUCAST
Antimicrobial susceptibility test
CLSI means
Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute
EUCAST means
European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing
AMST means
Academy for Medical Science Technology
AMST antimicrobial susceptibility test
Media
Disc
Inoculum
low in Ca and Mg ions that interfere activity of antibiotic
- gives favorable growth on fastidious bacteria)
Mueller-Hinton agar
Best media culture to use is
Mueller-Hinton Agar
Concentration of bacteria that will be added to the agar or broth
Inoculum
Standardize by comparing the turbidity to McFarlands
Inoculum
used as a reference to adjust the turbidity
of bacterial suspensions so that the number of
bacteria will be within a given range to standardize
microbial testing
McFarland standards
McFarland standard usually at
0.5
Commercially prepared _______ strips at different
concentrations
Antibiotics
Selection is base from the bacteria isolated and identified, and
from the availability of _________ discs/strips
Antibiotics
- Disc Diffusion method
- Qualitative test
KIRBY BAUER DISK DIFFUSION TEST
MIC method
– Quantitative test
Minimum inhibitory concentration
placing a strip impregnated with antimicrobials onto an agar
plate
E test
can be determined by culturing microorganisms in liquid media or on plates of solid growth medium
Mic method
VITEK 2, BD Phoenix, and Microscan systems, are
the most common methodology for AST
Automated systems
Antibiotic sensitivity test (diffusion)
Kirby-Bauer method
Strokes method
Antibiotic sensitivity test (dilution)
Tube dilution
Agar dilution
Antibiotic sensitivity test (diffusion and dilution)
E test
Antibiotic sensitivity test (diffusion) =
Qualitative methods
Antibiotic sensitivity test (dilution) =
Quantitative method
culture-based microbiology assay used in diagnostic and drug
discovery laboratories
Kirby-Bauer test method
performed by inoculating the surface of an agar plate with
bacteria isolated from a patient’s infection
Kirby-Bauer test method
circular area around the spot of the antibiotic
in which the bacteria colonies do not grow
Zone of inhibition
Qualitative method:
Sensitivity
Intermediate
Resistant
- Inoculated agar plate
- Addition of antibiotic discs
- Incubation
- Measurement of zone of inhibition
Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion method
Quantitative method to determine the lowest concentration of an
antibiotic to prevent visible in vitro growth of bacteria
Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC)
the lowest
concentration of an antibacterial agent required to kill a
bacterium over a fixed, somewhat extended period
Minimum Bactericidal Concentration (MBC)
a way of determining antimicrobial sensitivity by placing a strip impregnated with antimicrobials onto an agar plate.
E test
Etest (previously known as the
Epsilometer test
a computer system that perform organism detection and susceptibilities on specimens
Automation (automated system)
Methods of controlling microbial growth
Physical
Chemical
Under physical
- Sterilization by heat
- Sterilization by irradiation
- Sterilization by filtration
- Low temperature
Under physical by sterilization by heat
- Dry heat
- Moist heat
- Boiling
- Pasteurization
Under chemical
- Alcohol
- Oxidizing agents
- Halogens
- Alkalies
- Acids
- Gases
- Quarternary Ammonium Compounds
- Soaps
purpose is to destroy all microorganisms and their spores on inanimate objects
Sterilization
purpose is to destroy or irreversibly inactivate microorganisms (but
not their spores) on inanimate objects
Disinfectant
chemical germicide for use on the skin or tissues and should not be
substituted for disinfectant
Antiseptic
inhibits/ suppresses growth of bacteria
Bacteriostatic
kills bacteria
Bactericidal
Spores killed in 2hrs
160°C Hot air oven
Pathogenic bacteria killed in 3 sec
140°C Ultra Heat Treatment (UHT) method
Most bacteria killed in 15 min.
Most spores killed in 30 min.
121°C autoclave
Spores killed in 2 hrs
100°C boiling water
Pathogenic bacteria killed in 15 sec
72°C flash pasteurization
Pathogenic bacteria killed in 30 min
63°C Holding method pasteurization