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microbiology ch 20 Flashcards

1
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What is selective toxicity?

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Selectively finding and destroying pathogens without damaging the host

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2
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This is the use of chemicals to treat a disease

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Chemotherapy

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This is a substance produced by a microbe that, in small amounts, inhibits another microbe

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Antibiotic

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4
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These are synthetic substances that interfere with the growth of microbes

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Antimicrobial drugs

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These are drugs that affect a narrow range of microbial types

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Narrow spectrum antibiotics

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These are drugs that affect a broad range of gram-positive or gram-negative bacteria

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Broad spectrum antibiotics

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7
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This is an overgrowth of normal microbiota that is resistant to antibiotics

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Superinfection

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8
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This type of antimicrobial drug kills microbes directly

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Bactericidal

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9
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This type of antimicrobial drug prevents microbes from growing

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Bacteriostatic

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10
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What are the five possible actions of antimicrobial drugs?

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  1. Inhibiting cell wall synthesis; 2. Inhibiting protein synthesis; 3. Injuring the plasma membrane; 4. Inhibiting nucleic acid synthesis; 5. Inhibiting the synthesis of essential metabolites
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11
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Penicillins prevent the synthesis of this in the cell wall

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Peptidoglycan

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12
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Antimicrobial drugs can inhibit protein synthesis by targeting these in bacteria

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70S ribosomes

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13
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Chloramphenicol, erythromycin, streptomycin, and tetracyclines all kill microbes by doing this

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Inhibiting protein synthesis

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14
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Polypeptide antibiotics change this feature of the membrane

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Permeability

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15
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Antifungal drugs combine with these in the membrane

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Sterols

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16
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Ionophore antibiotics allow uncontrolled movement of these

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Cations

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17
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Antimetabolites compete with these for an enzyme

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Normal substrates

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18
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This antimicrobial drug contains a beta-lactam ring, and types are differentiated by the chemical side chains attached to the ring

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Penicillin

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19
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Penicillin prevents the cross-linking of these, interfering with cell wall construction

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Peptidoglycans

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20
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Chloramphenicol inhibits the formation of these

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Peptide bonds

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21
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This broad-spectrum antimicrobial is synthesized chemically and binds to the 50S subunit of the 70S ribosome

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Chloramphenicol

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22
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This broad-spectrum antimicrobial is synthesized chemically and binds to the 50S subunit of the 70S ribosome

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Chloramphenicol

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23
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These antimicrobials are produced by Streptomyces spp. and can penetrate tissues

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Tetracyclines

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24
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Tetracyclines interfere with this attaching to the ribosome

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tRNA

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25
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Are tetracyclines broad spectrum?

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Yes

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26
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What two groups of diseases are tetracyclines valuable against?

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Rickettsias and chlamydias

27
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What are two negative affects of chloramphenicol on the human body?

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Suppression of bone marrow and effects on blood cell formation

28
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What is a negative affect of tetracyclines on the human body?

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Suppression of normal intestinal microbiota

29
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This antimicrobial is produced by streptomycetes, attacks the bacterial cell membrane, and is used for skin infections

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Daptomycin

30
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This topical bacteriocidal is effective against gram-negatives and is combined with bacitracin and neomycin in nonprescription ointments

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Polymixin B

31
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This polymixin is effective against gram-negatives and is also called colistin

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Polymixin E

32
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This antimicrobial inhibits mRNA synthesis, penetrates tissues, and has antitubercular activity

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Rifamycin

33
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This synthetic antimicrobial inhibits DNA gyrase

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Nalidixic acid

34
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These two broad-spectrum antimicrobials are relatively nontoxic

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Norfloxacin and ciprofloxacin

35
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This group of antimicrobials inhibit the folic acid synthesis needed for nucleic acid and protein synthesis

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Sulfonamides

36
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Sulfonamides competitively bind to the enzyme for the production of this, a folic acid precursor

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PABA

37
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A combination of trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole (TMP - SMZ) is an example of this

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Drug synergism

38
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This antifungal is produced by penicillium, inhibits microtubule formation, and is active against superficial dermatophytes

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Griseofulvin

39
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This antifungal drug is used for athlete’s foot

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Tolnaftate

40
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These drugs block the receptors on the host cell that bind to a virus or block fusion of the virus to the cell

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Entry and fusion inhibitors

41
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These drugs prevent viral uncoating, inhibit viral DNA integration into host genome, inhibit RNA/DNA synthesis

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Uncoating, genome integration, and nucleic acid synthesis inhibitors

42
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These antiviral drugs treat HIV/AIDS

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Antiretrovirals

43
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These assembly/exit inhibitors block the cleavage of protein precursors

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Protease inhibitors

44
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These assembly/exit inhibitors inhibit neuraminidase, an enzyme required for some viruses to bud from host cell

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Exit inhibitors

45
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These are produced by viral-infected cells to inhibit further spread of the infection

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Interferons

46
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This promotes interferon production

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Imiquimod

47
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These two antiprotozoan drugs are used to treat malaria

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Quinine and chloroquine

48
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This drug kills plasmodium that causes malaria

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Artemisinin

49
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This antiprotozoan drug also interferes with anaerobic bacteria, and treats trichomonas, giardiasis, and amebic dysentery

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Metronidazole

50
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This antiprotozoan drug inhibits cytochrome oxidase in mitochondria and treats amebic encephalitis and leishmaniasis

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Miltefosine

51
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This antihelminthic drug prevents ATP production and treats tapeworms

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Niclosamide

52
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This antihelminthic drug alters membrane permeability and treats tapeworms and flukes

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Praziquantel

53
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These two antihelminthic drugs interfere with nutrient absorption and treat intestinal helminths

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Mebendazole and albendazole

54
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This antihelminthic drug causes paralysis of helminths and treats roundworms and mites

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Ivermectin

55
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This tests the effectiveness of chemotherapeutic agents using paper disks and zones of inhibition

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Disk-diffusion method (Kirby-Bauer test)

56
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This broad-spectrum antimicrobial is synthesized chemically and binds to the 50S subunit of the 70S ribosome

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Chloramphenicol

57
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What are two negative affects of chloramphenicol on the human body?

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Suppression of bone marrow and effects on blood cell formation

57
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This test determines the minimal inhibitory concentration

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E test

58
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What is the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC)?

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Lowest antibiotic concentration preventing bacterial growth

59
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What is the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC)?

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Lowest antibiotic concentration preventing bacterial growth

60
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What is the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC)?

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Lowest antibiotic concentration preventing bacterial growth

61
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What happens in drug synergism?

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The effect of two drugs together is greater than the effect of either alone

62
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What happens in drug antagonism?

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The effect of two drugs together is less than the effect of either alone

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