Mod 8 micropara lec Flashcards
use of chemical in the treatment of disease or condition
chemotherapy
chemicals used to treat a disease or condition
chemotherapeutic agents
group of agent that share common aim
antibiotics
treat fungal infection
antifungal
treat protozoal infection
antiprotozoal
treat virus infection
antiviral agent
treat bacterial infection
antibiotics agent
kills & inhibit pathogens
causes no damage to the host
causes no allergic reaction to the host
stable in any form
kills pathogens before they mature and be resistant
characteristics of antimicrobial agent
use our own cell machinery
viruses
least similar that is related to human
prokaryotes
biochemically similar that closely related to humans
eukaryotes
antimicrobial that is difficult to develop and use
antviral agent
inhibit replication
azidothymidine
1st viral agent
azidothymidine & zidovudine
treatment for HIV
azidothymidine
enzymes synthesized another strand to enter the human cell to facilitates DNA replication
reverse transcriptase
selective poision
antibiotic
targets either gram positive or gram negative bacteria
narrow spectrum
kills gram positive & negative
broad spectrum
kills bacteria
bacteriocidal