Mo - Overview of currently used antibiotics

Question 1

What does a bacteriostatic antibiotic do?

Answer 1

Inhibit the growth of bacteria

Question 2

What does a bactericidal antibiotic do?

Answer 2

Kill the bacteria

Question 3

What groups of bacteria is penicillin good against? (2)

Answer 3

Grampos and anaerobes

Question 4

What specific antibiotic is good to use for Neisseria meningitides?

Answer 4

Penicillin

Question 5

What is the mechanism behind penicillin? (simple)

Answer 5

Beta lactam antibiotic

Question 6

What is the mechanism behind penicillin? (complicated)

Answer 6

B lactam ring looks like D-Ala-D-Ala, which means that the enzyme of the bacteria will bind to the beta-lactam ring, and the enzyme is never functional again after this. Because of this peptidoglycan (a mesh network which gives rigidity to bacteria) is not formed and the bacteria grow to their death.

Question 7

What specific antibiotic is good to use for Staphylococcus aureus?

Answer 7

Flucloxacillin

Question 8

What antibiotic is good to use when a bacteria is resistant to penicillinases?

Answer 8

Flucloxacillin

Question 9

What specific antibiotic is good to use for pseudomonas aeruginosa?

Answer 9

Ciprofloxacin

Question 10

What groups of bacteria are tetracyclines good against? (2)

Answer 10

Grampos and gramneg

Question 11

What mechanism do fluoroquinolones use against bacteria? (antibiotic))

Answer 11

DNA gyrase inhibitor

Question 12

What mechanism does metronidazole use against bacteria?

Answer 12

Blocking DNA synthesis

Question 13

What is a substance you can’t take when using metronidazole?

Answer 13

Alcohol

Question 14

What group of bacteria is co-trimoxazole good against?

Answer 14

Gramneg