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Antimicrobial Drugs
1. Who coined the term chemotherapy?
2. What cellular function is inhibited by tetracyclines?
3. What genus of bacteria has mycolic acids in the cell wall?
4. Why does erythromycin, a macrolide antibiotic, have activity limited largely to gram-positive bacteria even though its mode of action is similar to that of the broad-spectrum tetracyclines?
5. Compare polymyxin B, bacitracin, and neomycin in their modes of action.
6. What was the first drug for parasitic infections?
7. Explain modes of action of current antiviral drugs.
8. What is the most common mechanism that a bacterium uses to resist the effects of penicillin?
9. What was the first drug for parasitic infections?
10. Compare and contrast synergism and antagonism.