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CLSC 2429-03 Clinical Microbiology in Health CareChapter 20
Textbook: Microbiology: A Human Perspective, Eighth Edition.
1. Know the difference between
a. Chemotherapeutic agent (name 2)
b. Antimicrobial medication
c. Antibiotic
2. Know the difference between bacteriostatic and bacteriocidal.
3. What does it mean if an antimicrobial has a high therapeutic index? A low index?
4. What are broad-spectrum antimicrobials and what is one drawback from using them?
5. Which of the penicillins has a high index?
6. Know the difference between antagonism and synergism in drugs.
7. Why would toxic drugs be used at all?
8. Name the 6 beta-lactam antibiotics.
9. How do beta-lactams kill bacteria?
10. What are beta-lactamases?
11. What are penicillin-binding proteins? (PBP)
12. Name the major classes of antibiotics that inhibit protein synthesis.
13. Describe the antibiotics that inhibit nucleic acid synthesis.
14. Name the two major drugs used in inhibiting metabolic pathways.
15. Describe three ways bacteria may become resistant to an antibiotic.
16. What is the leading cause of resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains?
17. What is a Kirby-Bauer test?
18. What does MIC mean?
19. What are the three main targets of antiviral medications?