Smartbook CH. 12 Flashcards
_____ chemotherapy is the use of chemotherapeutic drugs to control infections and diseases caused by many types of microorganisms.
antimicrobial
Which of the following are characteristics of an ideal antimicrobial drug?
Inexpensive
Longevity
Selective toxicity to infecting agent
Microbicidal
True or false: Microorganisms that produce antibiotics in their natural habitat may have a selective advantage over neighboring microbes.
true
Antibiotics are made primarily by aerobic spore-forming _____ and _____.
bacteria and fungi
What is the term for an antimicrobial drug that is chemically synthesized in the laboratory?
synthetic
What is the overall goal of antimicrobial chemotherapy?
To destroy the infective agent without harming the patient
Which of the following is an antimicrobial drug isolated from natural sources and then chemically modified in the laboratory?
semisynthetic
Which of the following is a substance produced by natural metabolic processes of some microorganisms that can inhibit or kill other microorganisms?
antibiotic
The use of a drug to prevent imminent infection of a person at risk is called which of the following?
Prophylaxis
A great number of antibiotics are derived from which of the following bacterial genera?
Streptomyces
Bacillus
The property of an antimicrobial agent to be highly toxic against its target microbe while being far less toxic to the cells of the host organism is called
selective toxicity
Which of the following are synthetic antimicrobial drugs?
Azoles
Quinolones
Quinines
Which of the following are primary sites for action of antimicrobial drugs in bacteria?
Cell membrane
Nucleic acids
Cell wall
Ribosomes
Bacitracin is an antibiotic with which spectra of activity?
narrow
The most common approach to drug production is the _____ method, which combines both natural and synthetic methods.
semisynthetic
Which of the following occurs when antibiotics interact in ways that enhance or magnify each other?
Synergism
The cell walls of most bacteria are composed primarily of which of the following?
Peptidoglycan
Which of the following is an example of drug that blocks bacterial cell wall synthesis and exhibits excellent selective toxicity?
Penicillin
Which bacteria are the most susceptible to antibiotics that target the cell wall?
Young, growing
Primary site for action of antimicrobial drugs in bacteria?
Nucleic acids
Cell wall
Cell membrane
Ribosomes
Which of the following antibiotics inhibit bacterial cell wall synthesis?
Ampicillin
Cycloserine
Vancomycin
Tetracycline is an example of which type of drug?
Broad spectrum
True or false: Damage to the bacterial cell membrane can disrupt metabolism or lyse the cell.
TRUE
Which of the following structures in bacteria protect the cell from lysis (rupture) in hypotonic environments?
Cell wall
Antibiotics that disrupt nucleic acid synthesis do so by targeting components of which processes?
DNA replication
Transcription
Which of the following is the consequence of exposure of a bacterium to an antibiotic that inhibits cell wall synthesis?
Cell lysis
Which of the following are primary sites for action of antimicrobial drugs in bacteria?
Ribosomes
Nucleic acids
Cell membrane
Cell wall
Cell wall inhibitors like penicillins and cephalosporins interfere with enzymes responsible for which of the following?
Cell wall construction
Antimicrobial drugs that damage cell membrane function usually do so by creating leaks in the membrane that disrupt which of the following?
Cell metabolism
Osmotic tolerance
Protein synthesis inhibiting drugs affect the activity of which of the following?
Ribosomes
The broad-spectrum quinolones inhibit which of the following?
Helicase
Antimicrobial drugs interfere with nucleic acid synthesis by blocking synthesis of nucleotides, inhibiting replication, or stopping transcription.
Antimicrobial drugs interfere with nucleic acid synthesis by blocking synthesis of nucleotides, inhibiting replication, or stopping transcription.
The broad-spectrum quinolones inhibit DNA-unwinding enzymes or helicases, thereby stopping DNA replication and repair.
Which type of inhibition of an enzyme occurs when the enzyme is blocked from action after a substance that mimics the normal substrate binds to the active site?
Competitive
Sulfonamides compete with
_____ for the active site of the enzyme that synthesizes the folic acid precursor.
PABA
Antimicrobial drugs that block bacterial protein synthesis could also affect which of the following in the host cell?
Eukaryotic mitochondria
One potential therapeutic consequence of drugs that bind to the prokaryotic ribosomes is the damage they can do to eukaryotic mitochondria.
Which of the following antibiotics contain the beta-lactam ring?
Penicillins
Cephalosporins
_____ analogs are structurally similar to the natural substrate and compete with it for the active site on the enzyme.
metabolic
Which of the following is a natural fermentation product of Penicillin chrysogenum?
Penicillin G
Which of the following interfere with folate metabolism?
Sulfonamides
Trimethoprim
_____ penicillins are drugs that, after being naturally produced by bacteria, are chemically modified in the laboratory.
semisynthetic
Cell wall inhibitors like penicillins and cephalosporins interfere with enzymes responsible for which of the following?
Cell wall construction
Which of the following semisynthetic penicillins are useful in treating infections caused by penicillinase-producing bacteria?
Nafcillin
Cloxacillin
Identify the active part of the penicillin structure.
Beta-lactam ring
Patients taking penicillin may experience ________
allergic reactions
____ ____ serves as the parent compound for all “-cillin” drugs..
Penicillin G
Isoniazid works by interfering with the synthesis of _______
mycolic acid
Which two semisynthetic penicillins can be used against Gram-negative bacteria?
Amoxicillin
Ampicillin
The tetracyclines bind to which of the following structures?
Ribosome
Which of the following enzymes secreted by certain bacteria cleaves the beta-lactam ring of penicillins and provides for resistance against the antibiotic?
Beta-lactamase
Penicillinase
Which of the following diseases can be treated with tetracyclines such as doxycycline and minocycline?
Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Cholera
Mycoplasma pneumonia
Antimicrobial drugs that block bacterial protein synthesis could also affect which of the following in the host cell?
Eukaryotic mitochondria
The staining of teeth is one side effect of the antibiotic group known as the
tetracyclines
Two major problems for treatment with penicillin are that some patients experience which of the following?
Resistant strains of pathogens
Allergic responses