microbio lab parasitology Flashcards
What are the antimocrobials divided into?
Antifungal
AntiBacteria
AntiViral
AntiHelmintic
What does antibacteria do?
Protein synthesis inhibitors
Cell wall sunthesis inhibitors
What are the 4 categories of microorganisms?
Bacteria
Fungi
Virus
Parasite
and some antiobiotics act on more tha 1 microorganism
What does antibiotic do?
Antimicrobial
Anti cancer meds
What does antibiotic mean?
Anti (against) bio (Life)
What are the antibiotics classified now?
It kills microorganisms
Biochemical pathway interferes with chemical structures of its pharmacophore
Give me the gist of pharmacophore
Introduced by paul erlich and defines that it is the active moiety of the drug
Father of chemotherapy?
Paul erlich
Discovered the salvarsan which is used against syphillis?
Paul erlich
he discovered the selectove toxicity?
Paul erlich
What are the example of Pharmacophore?
Beta lactam antibiotic or Penicillin
If it is given to a patient with no infection?
Prophylaxis
Treatment at which the patient has infection but has no symptoms?
Preemptive
given to patients with infections and symptom but the pathogen is not yet isolated, and given a broad spectrum antibiotic which can effect multiple species of microorganisms
Empiric treatment
Aka narrow treatment , patients that is infected, with symptoms and you already lnow the pathogen
Definitve Treatment
Sometimes there are patients that even though they feel healed and the immune system is not capable fully of eradicating the infection
Suppresive Treatment
What are the examples of not capable of fully eradicating the infection?
immunocompromised patients with suppressive treatment to maintain the level of microorganism in a very low level
Antihelmentics are classified on their?
Target parasite
What are the examples of target parasite?
Albendazole
Prasiquantel
What is the use of Albendazole?
Given to patients with roundworm disease and infective cestodes
What is the use of Praziquantel!
Given to patients with infective trematodes and cestodes
What are the drugs against nematodes?
Albendazole
Diethylcarbazamine
IvermectiMebendazole
Pyrantel Pamoate
What are the Meds for Trematodes?
Praziquantel
Drugs against cestodes?
Albendazole
Niclosamide
