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1
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what are chemotherapeutic agents

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chemical compounds used to treat disease

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what do antimicrobials do

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destroy pathogenic microbes or inhibit their growth within the host

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what do antibiotics do

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destroy or inhibit bacteria

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4
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most antibiotics are ____ or_____

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microbial products; their derivatives

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5
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what antibiotics are used to treat streptomyces spp

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-amphotericin B
- chloramphenicol
-erythromycin
-kanamycin
-neomycin
-nystatin
-rifampin
-streptomycin
-tetracylcines
- vancomycin

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what antibiotic is used to treat micromonospora spp

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gentamicin

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what antibiotics are used to treat bacillus spp

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bacitracin and polymyxins

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what antibiotics are used to treat penicillium spp

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  • griseofulvin and penicillin
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what antibiotics are used to treat cephalosporium spp

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cephalosporins

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what is selective toxicity

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ability of drug to kill or inhibit pathogen while damaging host as little as possible

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what is a therapeutic dose

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drug level required for clinical treatment

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12
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what is a toxic dose

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drug level at which drug becomes too toxic for patient

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13
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what is the therapeutic index

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ratio of toxic dose to therapeutic dose

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14
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what do bacteriocidal antibiotics do

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kill bacteria

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15
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what do bacteriostatic antibiotics do

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inhibit growth of bacteria

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16
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what do broad spectrum antibiotics do

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attack many different bacteria, gram positive and gram negative

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17
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what do narrow spectrum antibiotics do

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attack only a few different bacteria

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18
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what is MIC ( minimal inhibitory concentration)

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lowest concentration of drug that inhibits growth of pathogen

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what is MBC (minimal bacteriocidal concentration)

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lowest concentration of drug that kills pathogen

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what are the two techniques that are normally used to determine MIC and MBC

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-dilution susceptibility tests
- disk diffusion tests

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21
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describe dilution susceptibility tests

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-involves inoculating media containing different concentrations of drug
- broth or agar with lowest concentration showing no growth is MIC
-tubes showing no growth can be subcultured into drug free medium and broth from which microbe cannot be recoverred is MBC

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what are dilution suscpetibility tests useful for

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determining which drug would be best for the patient

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23
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describe disk diffusion tests

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  • disks impregnanted with specific drugs are placed on agar plates inoculated with test microbe
  • drug diffuses from disk into agar, establishing concentration gradient
  • observe clear zones of no growth around disks
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24
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what is the kirby bauer method

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standardized method for carrying out disk diffusion test
- sensitivity and resistance determined using tables that relate zone diameter to degree of microbial resistance
- values are plotted and used to determine if concentration of drug reached in body will be effective

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25
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what concentrations of a drug at infection site is needed to be effective

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a concentration greater than MIC

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26
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what can be used to determine concentration of drug in blood

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microbiological, chemical, immunological, enzymatic or chromatographic assays

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27
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what are the factors influencing the effectiveness of antimicrobial drugs

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  • ability of drug to reach site of infection
    -ability of drug to reach concentrations in body that exceed MIC of pathogen
  • susceptibility of pathogen to drug
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28
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what does the ability of the drug to reach the site of infection depend on

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  • mode of transmission: oral, topical, parenteral routes
  • drug can be excluded by blood clots or necrotic tissue
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29
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what are parenteral routes

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nonoral routes of administration

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30
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what are some factors infleucning ability of drug to reach concentrations exceeding MIC

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  • amount administered
    -route of administration
    -speed of uptake
    -rate of clearance from body
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31
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does a drug required bacterial cell growth to be effective

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some drugs do

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32
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what does the susceptibility of pathogen to drug depend on

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  • speed of action of a drug
  • if drug requires bacterial cell growth
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33
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what are the mechanism of action of antimicrobial agents

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  • disruption of bacterial cell wall
  • inhibition of protein synthesis
  • inhibition of nucleic acid synthesis
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34
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what are the the categories of antimicrobial agents and the specific drugs that disrupt bacterial cell wall

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  • Beta-lactams: penicillins, cephalosporins, carbapenems and monobactams and beta lactamase inhibitors
  • glycopeptides: vancomycin and teichoplanin
  • polypeptides: bacitracin and polymixins
    -others: cycloserine, isoniazid and ethionamide, ethambutol
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35
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what is peptidoglycan made of

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alternating NAM and NAG sugars

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36
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which type of bacteria has a much larger peptidoglycan layer

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gram positive

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37
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describe peptidoglycan synethesis

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-peptidoglycan repeat unit forms in cytoplasm, involved use of uridine diphosphate (UDP) as a carrier
- repeat unit then transported across membrane by bactoprenol
- repeat unit attached to growing peptidoglycan chain
-cross links formed by transpeptidation

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38
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what is the molecule involved in cross linkage in peptidoglycans in gram negatives

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DAP and D-ala

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39
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what type of bacteria is E coli

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gram negative

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40
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what type of bacteria is staphylococcus aureus

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gram positive

41
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what molecule cross links peptidoglycans in gram positive bacteria

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D- ala and L-Lys by a peptide interbridge

42
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what is transpeptidation

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the exchange of one peptide bond for another

43
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what do Beta lactam antibiotics do

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inhibit transpeptidation

44
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what does penicillin G act on and what is it destroyed by

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high activity against most gram positive bacteria, low against gram negative, destroyed by acid and penicillinase

45
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what does ampicillin act on

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active against gram positive and gram negative bacteria, acid stable

46
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what is methicillin resistant to and is it affected by acid

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penicillinase, but less active than penicillin G, acid labile

47
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what are beta lactamase inhibitors

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not antibiotics but they help beta lactam antibiotics by preventing their degradation by beta lactamases

48
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what are beta lactamases

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enzymes produced by some bacteria that are resistance to beta lactam antibiotics

49
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what are examples of beta lactamase inhibitors

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clavulanic acid, sulbactam and tazobactam

50
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what was the first combination of beta lactam antibiotic and beta lactamase inhibitor and what was it made of

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-augmentin
- amoxicillin and clavulanic acid

51
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what does vancomycin do

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-binds terminal D- Ala-D-Ala and sterically inhibits addition of peptidoglycan subunits to the cell wall
- binds to existing peptidoglycan chains and inhibits the transpeptidation reaction that crosslinks the chains

52
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what infections do vancomycin and teicoplanin treat

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antibiotic resistance staphylococcal and enterococcal infections

53
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what do bacitracins do

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prevent recycling of lipid carrier

54
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what do polymixins do

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binds phospholipids and disrupts outer and inner membranes of gram negative bacteria

55
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why are many polymixins topical

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its a more general mode of action because they are toxic

56
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what is cycloserine used for

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second line of treatment for mycobacterium tuberculosis

57
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what is special about cycloserine

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  • it is a cyclic analog of alanine
  • crosses blood brain barrier and is an NMDA receptor agonist
58
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what do isoniazid and ethionamide do

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inhibits mycobacteria by affecting synthesis of mycolic acid

59
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what is mycolic acid

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an abundant wax in the cell wall

60
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what does ethambutol do

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inhibits mycobacteria by affecting attachment of mycolic acid in the cell wall

61
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describe how proteins are synthesized in ribosomes

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  • start with free ribosomes and mRNA
  • 30S ribosomal subunit is formed and joined with a charged tRNA molecule
  • initiation factors form the 30S initiation complex
  • initiation factors add a 50S ribosomal subunit to make the 70S initiation complex where the tRNA is in the P site
  • a peptidyltransferase reaction occurs where the amino acid from the A site is added to the growing chain off the tRNA in the P site
  • a translocation reaction occurs where a tRNA in the A site is moved to the P site
62
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what makes up the 30S ribosomal subunit

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16S rRNA and about 20 proteins

63
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what makes up the 50S ribosomal subunit

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23S and 5S rRNA and about 30 proteins

64
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what drug falls under the category of oxazolidinones and what does it do

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  • linezolid
  • binds 23S rRNA and prevents formation of 70S initiation complex
  • inhibition of protein synthesis
65
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what do tetracyclines do

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  • bind 16S rRNA of 30S subunit and prevent binding of aa-tRNA to A site
  • inhibition of protein synthesis
66
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what drugs fall under the category of aminoglycosides and what do they do

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  • streptyomycin
    -amikacin
  • gentamycin
  • tobramycin
  • bind to 30S subunit and distort A site, causing translation misreading which inhibits protein syntheiss
67
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what do chloramphenicol and lincosamides do

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bind to 50S subunit and inhibit peptidyltransferase activity
-inhibition of protein synthesis

68
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what drugs fall under the category of macrolides and what do they do

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  • erythromycin, azithromycin, clarithromycin
  • binds 23S rRNA in the 50S subunit and block the translocation reaction
  • also prevent further formation of the 50S subunit
  • inhibition of protein synthesis
69
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what drugs fall under the category of quinolones and what do they do

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-ciprofloxacin and other -floxacins
- interfere with type II topoisomerases such as DNA gyrase or topoisomerase IV and stabilizes DNA double strand breaks
- inhibition of nucleic acid synthesis

70
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what do rifampin and rifabutin do

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bind to RNA polymerase and prevent the initiation of transcription

71
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what does metronidazole do

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  • a prodrug with no inherent antimicrobial activity
  • produces DNA damaging radicals under anaerobic conditions via enzymes functioning in anaerobes and microaerophiles
  • inhibition of nucleic acid synthesis
72
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what are drugs that fall under the class of antimetabolites and what do they do

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-sulfonamides, trimethoprim, dapsone, and p-aminosalicyclic acid
- prevents formation of precursors of folic acid

73
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do humans make folic acid? do bacteria?

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humans dont bacteria do

74
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drug resistance can often be transmitted to_____

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other bacteria

75
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what are the resistance mechanisms of bacteria to antibiotics

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  • impermeable barrier
  • target modifications
    -antibiotic modification
  • efflux pump mechanism
76
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how does the impermeable barrier confer drug resistance

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the bacterial cell membrane develops an impermeable barrier which blocks antibiotics

77
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how does target modification confer drug resistance

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modification of components of the bacteria which are targeted by the antibiotic, meaning the antibiotic can no longer bind properly to its target in order to destroy the bacteria

78
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how does antibiotic modification confer drug resistance

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the cell produces substances (usually an enzyme) that inactivate the antibiotic before it can harm the bacteria

79
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how does the efflux pump mechanism confer drug resistance

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antibiotic is actively pumped out of the bacteria so that it cannot harm the bacteria

80
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are penicillins and cephalosporins plasmidborne and what is their resistance mechanism to antibacterial agents

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  • yes
  • hydrolysis of beta lactam ring by beta lactamase
81
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is methicillin plasmidborne and what is its resistance mechanism to antibacterial agents

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  • no
  • change in penicillin binding protein
82
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are tetracycline plasmidborne and what is its resistance mechanism to antibacterial agents

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  • yes
  • efflux pump pushed drug out of cell
83
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are oxazolidinones plasmidborne and what is its resistance mechanism to antibacterial agents

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-no
- mutation in 23S rRNA

84
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are quinolones plasmidborne and what is its resistance mechanism to antibacterial agents

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  • no
  • mutations in genes encoding DNA gyrase and topoisomerase IV
85
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what is the origin and transmission of drug resistance

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  • new mutations of bacterial genes that encode the targets of antibiotics
  • pre-existing resistance genes that are transmitted from one bacterium to another
86
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what are the genetic elements involved in resistance gene spreading (dissemination)

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  • plasmids
  • transducing bacteriophage
  • bacterial chromosomal genes
  • transposons
  • integrons
87
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how do plasmids transfer

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conjugation

88
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how do transducing bacteriophages transfer and how

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transduction by packaging non-phage DNA

89
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how do bacterial chromosomal genes transfer and how

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transformation by mutations

90
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how are transposons involved in resistance gene dissemination

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hop into other genetic elements

91
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what are integrons and where are they found

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  • segments of DNA containing complete sets of genes
  • found of plasmids, transposons, and bacterial chromosomes
92
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what is superinfection and what causes it

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development and spread of drug resistant pathogens caused by drug treatment which destroys drug sensitive strains

93
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what does the killing of normal flora result in

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uninhibited growth of potentially pathogenic bacteria and fungi

94
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what does normal flora produce

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antibacterial substances and competes with pathogenic bacteria for essential nutrients

95
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what are the common organisms in superinfections

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  • clostridium difficile
  • MDR (multi drug resistant) gram negative rods
  • MRSA (methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus
  • candida or other fungi
96
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what is clostridium difficile

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spore forming agent of pseudomembranous colitis

97
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how can you prevent emergence of drug resistance

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  • give drug in high concentrations
    -give two or more drugs at the same time
  • use drugs only when necessary
98
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what organisms are antibiotic resistant public health threats

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  • clostridium difficile
  • carbapenem resistant enterobacteriaceae
  • neisseria gonorrhoeae
    -fluconazole resistant candida

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