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