Part three Flashcards
What is selective drug?
A drug that causes no harm to patients; stops and destroys the bacteria without affecting the host.
Explain selectivity
key to sucess of of a drug
- any harmful pathogen can be a target however a drug must be more harmful to the pathogen cells then toxic to the hosts cells.
Differentiate between toxicity and effectivity?
toxicity: damage to host
effectivity: damage to pathogen
How do you figure out the therapeutic index?
toxicity/effectivity = therapeutic index
bigger the better
Spectrum of action
refers to the spectrum of actions
drugs can be specific to pathogen to wide range ( responds to everything
May allow for secondary or super infections to develop due to killing of normal flora because it decreases microbial antagonism.. what is this?
Broad spectrum antimicrobials
What does antimicrobial antagonism do for the body?
reinforces defence by limiting the ability of pathogen to colonize on skin and mucous membrane
What are the three ways efficacy is measured
diffusion susceptibility test
minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC)
minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC)
Whats the process of the diffusion susceptibility test:
you put the pathogen on a petrie disc, then small paper discs throughout with the drug on them … susceptible bacteria will decrease growth, and unsusceptible will continue to grow
-zone of inhibition is evaluated.
what is the process of MIC
lowest concentration of antibiotics that result in inhibition of visible growth. Once affective antimicrobial agent is identified, MIC is the smallest amount of drug that will inhibit growth of the pathogen
Results:
turbidity: pathogen is still present and bacterial growth
low turbidity: bacteria was killed
what is the process of MBC
lowest concentration of antibiotics that kills 99.9% of the original inoculum.
Samples are taken from clear MIC tube, transfered to plates + appearance of bacteria growth after incubation indicates that at least some bacteria survived
- if MBC is higher then MIC = it is not killing on impact but stopping them from growing (bacteriostatic)
if MBC = MIC — bacteriocidal
Routes of administration:
PO- takes long time to peak but it is safer for patients
IM: cant maintain serum levels
IV: best practice for immediate results
Selective Cell wall damage caused by:
beta lactam antibiotics (penicillin) = prevents peptide bridges formation, doesn’t break the chain but prevents new ones from forming and growing
Beta Lactam Antibiotics:
inhibits enzymes by binding to them that are responsible for cross linking NAM and NAG chains
Prevents bacteria from increasing amount of peptidoglycan
-weakens the cell and eventually lyse.
What drug inhibits the cell wall synthesis by binding to the D-alanine amino acids at the end of the chain
VANCOMYSIN- covers the end of the chain so it cant bind to the l-lysine .. therefore preventing the formation of peptidoglycan
