Microbiology Ch. 34

Question 1

The ratio between the toxic dose and the therapeutic dose of a drug, used as a measure of the drug’s relative safety.

Answer 1

Therapeutic index

Question 2

A route of drug administration that is nonoral (i.e, injection)

Answer 2

Parenteral route

Question 3

Chemotherapeutic agents that are effective against many different kinds of pathogens.

Answer 3

Broad Spectrum Drugs

Question 4

A microbial Product or its derivative that kills susceptible microorganisms or inhibits their growth.

Answer 4

Antibiotic

Question 5

The ability of a chemotherapeutic agent to kill or inhibit a microbial pathogen while damaging the host as little as possible.

Answer 5

Selective toxicity

Question 6

Inhibiting or retarding the bacterial growth

Answer 6

Static

Question 7

Chemotherapeutic agents that are effective only against a limited variety of microorganisms

Answer 7

Narrow Spectrum Drugs

Question 8

Compounds used in the treatment of disease that destroy pathogens or inhibit their growth at concentrations low enough to avoid doing undesirable damage to the host.

Answer 8

Chemotherapeutic Agent