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Penicillin G

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Natural penicillin. Must be injected
Narrow-spectrum, but still useful against most staph and strep

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Penicillin V

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natural penicillin. Taken orally

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Methicillin

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Semisynthetic penicillin. First penicillinase resistant antibiotic. Led to MRSA, discontinued

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Oxacillin

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Semisynthetic penicillin. Penicillinase resistant antibiotic. Replaced methicillin in clinical use

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Ampicillin

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Broad-spectrum semisynthetic penicillin.

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Amoxicillin

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Broad-spectrum semisynthetic penicillin

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Augmentin

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Amoxicillin plus potassium clavulanate (a penicillinase inhibitor)

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Primaxin

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Related to penicillin but classified as a carbapenem
Given as intramuscular injection
These types of antibiotics are leading to resistance, CRE organisms

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Cephalosporins

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Similar to penicillin. Bacteria have developed beta-lactamases that destroy cephalosporins
Grouped by generations

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Bacitracin

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Topical polypeptide antibiotic found in Neosporin/triple antibiotic
Effective against gram positive

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Vancomycin

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Penicillinase resistant polypeptide antibiotic
narrow spectrum but kills MRSA
led to VRE
Enterococcus faecium a common nosocomial problem in U.S

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Isoniazid

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Antimycobacterial antibiotic. Inhibits mycolic acid synthesis
Treatment time is 6 months
tuberculosis

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Ethambutol

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Antimycobacterial antibiotic. Less effective, but used to avoid resistance problems.

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Chloramphenicol

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Protein synthesis inhibitor
Cheap broad-spectrum
Toxicity concerns, so only used if there are no suitable alternatives

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Streptomycin

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Protein synthesis inhibitors
Broad-spectrum aminoglycoside
high resistance`

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Neomycin

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Protein synthesis inhibitor
Broad-spectrum aminoglycoside
Topical agent found in Neosporin/triple antibiotic

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Gentamicin

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Protein synthesis inhibitor
Broad-spectrum aminoglycoside
Useful against pseudomonas infections. Used with Cystic Fibrosis patients for this reason

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Tetracycline

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Protein synthesis inhibitor
Broad-spectrum. Also effective against intracellular pathogens like chlamydia and rickettsia’s
can lead to superinfection

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Erythromycin

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Protein synthesis inhibitor
Macrolide antibiotic
Narrow-spectrum (gram +)

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Polymixin B

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Topical antibiotic found in Neosporin/triple antibiotic
Effective against gram-negative, including Pseudomonas
causes injury to the plasma membrane: Rare since it is difficult to find a way to make them selectively toxic

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Rifampin

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Inhibitors of nucleic acid synthesis: Rare
Very important in the treatment of Tuberculosis

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Nalidixic acid

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inhibitors of nucleic acid synthesis: Rare since it is difficult to find a way to make them selectively toxic
Synthetic quinolone useful ONLY in the treatment of urinary tract infections

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Ciprofloxacin (Cipro)

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inhibitors of nucleic acid synthesis: rare
broad spectrum
kills gram +
not as toxic

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Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole

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Broad-spectrum
bacteriostatic
inhibit the conversion of PABA into folic acid, which blocks the
production of DNA and RNA
The 2 drugs act synergistically
slows down drug resistance

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sulfa drugs can also be used on ...
burns
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What is the most common source of antibiotics found in nature?
streptomycin in soil
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What does broad spectrum mean versus narrow spectrum? Why should narrow spectrum antibiotics be used whenever possible?
broad spectrum: you can kill/inhibit multiple types of microbes narrow spectrum: you can kill one or the other (gram + OR gram - bacteria) narrow spectrum should be used because theres less damage
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What is a superinfection?
secondary infection you get after using antibiotics ex: yeast infections or C.diff
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Why is it harder to develop antimicrobial drugs against eukaryotes like protozoa?
because we are eukaryotes and we are similar, narrow spectrum drugs usually
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Which type of penicillin must be injected? Why?
penicillin G because it's not stable in stomach acid
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Why is Methicillin no longer in use in America?
evolution, used too much to the point where it doesn't work anymore
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What is the difference between Amoxicillin and Augmentin?
both semi-synthetic penicillin amoxicillin: with a penicillinase inhibitor called potassium clavulanate augmentin: stronger, inhibitor, top of the line penicillin
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Know the 3 antibiotics in topical triple antibiotic preparations.
polymyxin B (inhibits gram - bacteria) bacitracin (kills gram +) neomycin (broad spectrum)
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What is the primary role in the drug Ethambutol in the treatment of TB?
usually paired with isoniazid (stronger) we use ethambutol because combining the two slows evolution/resistance
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What process do sulfa drugs block in bacteria? Why doesn’t it cause a problem in humans?
sulfa drugs inhibit production of folic acid doesn't effect us because we have to eat folic acid
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Do antiviral drugs kill viruses?
no, it slows viral replication
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What are some of the things that we do that speed up antimicrobial resistance?
misuse overuse abuse
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Why are drug combinations often better than using one class of antibiotic?
slow resistance make them work better
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What is the difference between variolation and vaccination?
Variolation: intentional infection with small amounts of small pox vaccination: induces immunity without infecting you
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What was the 1st disease eradicated? Why? Who is next?
smallpox in 1979 a worldwide effort caused the eradication polio is next
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Why are conjugated vaccines used? Who do they help?
they add proteins bc it increases immune response in children
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What kind of vaccine is most effective? What needs boosters? Who benefits from conjugated vaccines?
attenuated vaccine toxoids need boosters children benefit from conjugated vaccines
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Why are viral vaccines more important than bacterial vaccines?
because it's easier to kill off bacteria than viruses
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Where are many viral vaccines (including influenza virus) grown?
in chick embryos they need cells to have a metabolism
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What does the future of vaccines look like? Will we use vaccines for things that aren’t even infectious?
not needing needles, not having to be refrigerated we will use vaccines for things that aren't infectious (alzheimer's vaccine)
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Know the difference between sensitivity and specificity
sensitivity: no false negatives specificity: no false positives
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Why are monoclonal antibodies beneficial? What are some examples that we talked about in class?
they're beneficial because you only need 1 antibody to clone examples: humera (drugs that block conditions for autoimmune conditions), and pregnancy tests
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What is a hybridoma?
part cancerous b cell and part antibody producing b cell
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What have myeloma cells forgotten how to do?
die
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What are the 4 types of hypersensitivity reactions?
type 1: igE immune reactions to allergens type 2: igG or igM cytotoxic hypersensitivity type 3: immune complex type 4: delayed cell mediated hypersensitivity reaction
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Type I hypersensitivity reactions involve which immunoglobulin?
igE
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What do mast cells and basophils release?
they release histamine
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What is the difference between systemic and localized anaphylaxis?
systemic anaphylaxis: life-threatening, vasodilation localized anaphylaxis: eyes getting itchy, swollen, not dangerous
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How do desensitizing injections work? What immunoglobulin is in them?
expose tiny amounts of antigen that leads to an igG response that stop the igE response if coming into contact with allergen
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The primary chemical mediator of Type I reactions is________?
igE antibodies mast and basophils releasing histamine
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What is the medication given to some women to avoid hemolytic disease of the newborn? How do they determine who needs the injections?
RhoGAM any mom with a negative blood type is given this injection
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What is the primary cause of autoimmune diseases? A lack of ______________
tolerance
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Know the key features about AIDS that we highlighted, including why it is called a retrovirus, the stats about HIV infections and deaths, vaccine difficulties, etc
retrovirus: RNA virus that uses enzyme reverse transcriptase to become DNA the stats: globally 1 million infections a year, in us 40k infections a year vaccine: body has hard time with retrovirus
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When was AIDS discovered? Has it been around longer than that?
1981 was discovered 1983 when they discovered it was AIDS but it came in 1908 from animal meat
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Know the receptor that the HIV virus is looking for, as well as the most common coreceptor
receptor is cd4 coreceptor is ccr5
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What is reverse transcriptase?
enzyme that reverses transcription
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What are the phases of HIV infection?
phase 1: no symptoms phase 2: sick more often phase 3: when HIV becomes AIDS
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When does HIV infection become AIDS?
stage 3 when cd4 t cell count is at 200
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Why are some people “immune” to AIDS?
1-3% of ppl are ccr5 mutants, which is the HIV virus' coreceptor
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What are the drugs that slow the progression of HIV trying to accomplish? Why do we use a cocktail of multiple drugs?
they are trying to slow down the virus this cocktail of drugs is more effective
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Define eutrophication? What is the rate-limiting nutrient associated with eutrophication?
eutrophication: overgrowth of microorganisms because you fed them nutrients phosphorus is the rate-limiting nutrient
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The use of microbes to detoxify or degrade pollutants is called ___________?
bioremediation microbes for oil spills
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When determining if water is safe the most important things to look for would be caused by contamination with ____________
When determining if water is safe the most important things to look for would be caused by contamination with ____________
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Understand the basics of the water treatment process? What are the major steps?
series of filtrations water supply gets screened --> water in mixing tank --> flocculation basin --> actual filter --> disinfection (with chlorine) --> store then drink
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What kind of treatment is needed before sewage water is drinkable?
tertiary treatment
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Is commercial sterilization a sterilizing tool?
Is commercial sterilization
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What are the major steps in commercial sterilization?
sterilize container, soften foods before food in can, use heat to kill microbes, then seal can
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What microbe is commercial sterilization aimed at killing?
all clostridium botulinum uses 12D treatment
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What does 12D treatment mean?
12 decimal treatment effective enough that it can kill 12 decimals full of microbes
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What is a term that can be used on labels when talking about irradiated food?
electronic pasteurization
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What would be an advantage of using high pressure to “disinfect” food?
preserves color and flavour in a way that heat can't
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What is rennin? How does it pertain to cheese production
rennin - enzyme that curds milk, needed to make cheese
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attenuated whole-agent
weaked, still alive not pathogenic most effective immunocompromised can't take it
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inactivated whole-agent
killed organism, less effective series of doses safer
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toxoid
vaccines against toxins needs a BOOSTER (every 10 years)
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subunit
exposed to part of an organism covid vaccines
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conjugated vaccines
children take these because they have protein added to them
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how are monoclonal antibodies produced
take antibody and expose it to mouse --> get antigen from mouse, get spleen cells from mouse and mix them with myeloma cells --> hybrid oma (part cancer part antibody producing) --> immortal antibodies
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Know the basic of blood typing immunology, including the 4 ABO blood types and the antigens and antibodies of each blood type
ABO blood type is determined by the antigens you have on the surface of your RBC A: a antigens & anti-b antibodies B: b antigens & anti-a antibodies AB: both & neither antibody --> UNIVERSAL RECIPIENT (AB+) O: neither & both antibodies --> UNIVERSAL DONOR
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the Rh blood typing system, and hemolytic disease of the newborn
Rh system: + blood means you have the Rh antigen, - blood means you don't hemolytic disease is babies with Rh - blood with anti-Rh antibodies after exposure (2nd pregnancy)

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