(infection) ANTI-MICROBIAL

Question 1

what is the point of anti-microbials

Answer 1

The aim of antimicrobial therapy is to kill or inhibit the infecting organism without damaging the host - this is known as selective toxicity. For this, antimicrobials are mainly used and these include antibiotics, antivirals and antifungals.

Question 2

what are antimicrobials

Answer 2

Antimicrobial: A substance, such as an antibiotic, that kills or stops the growth of microbes, including bacteria, fungi, or viruses. Antimicrobials are grouped according to the microbes they act against (antibiotics, antifungals, and antivirals

Question 3

what is Empiric Therapy

Answer 3

Empiric therapy for infections can be described as ‘best guess’ therapy because no information is available regarding the causative organism and the likely antimicrobial susceptibility.

Question 4

(AV)

what is the antibiotic Valaciclovir
and its MOA

Answer 4

Valaciclovir, also spelled valacyclovir, is an antiviral medication used to treat outbreaks of herpes simplex

Question 5

what is directed therapy

Answer 5

Directed therapy refers to the treatment of infections based on specific knowledge (kwnown cause) of what the causal agent is able to be treated with - via ppathology etc

Question 6

what type of medication is gentamicin

Answer 6

amenoglycoside