ANTIBIOTICS Flashcards
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defined ANTIBIOSIS
VUILLEMIN
ANTIBIOSIS:
Vuillemin’s concept of ____
survival of the fittest
defined ANTIBIOTIC as a substance produced by MOs which has the capacity of inhibiting the growth or killing other MOs
S.A. WALKSMAN
- synthetic product produced as a structural analogue of a naturally occuring biosynthetic product
- antagonizes the growth of MOs
ANTIBIOTICSC
ANTIBIOTICS
effective at ____ concentration
low
ANTIBIOTICS
a product of ____
metabolism
ANTIBIOTICS
possess ____ to avoid toxicity
selective toxicity
ANTIBIOTICS
chemically ____
stable
ANTIBIOTICS
biotransformation
SLOW
ANTIBIOTICS
elimination
RAPID
ANTIBIOTICS
the antibiotic will no longer be able to kill the bacteria that causes the illness
ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE
MECHANISM OF RESISTANCE
- antibiotic destruction/modification
- cleavage by beta-lactamase
PENICILLIN
CEPHALOSPORINS
PENICILLIN, CEPHALOSPORIN
MECHANISM OF RESISTANCE:
antibiotic ____
destruction / modification
PENICILLIN, CEPHALOSPORIN
ENZYME ACTIVITY:
cleavage by ____
beta-lactamase
MECHANISM OF RESISTANCE
- antibiotic efflux
- efflux by TetA
TETRACYCLINES
MECHANISM OF RESISTANCE
- Alteration/replacement of targets
- rRNA methylation
MACROLIDES
MACROLIDES
MECHANISM OF RESISTANCE:
____ of targets
alteration / replacement
MACROLIDES
enzyme activity
rRNA methylation
- binds to 50s
- inhibits formation of peptide bonds
CHLORAMPHENICOL
interfere with the attachment of tRNA to mRNA-ribosome complex
TETRACYCLINES
- changes shape of 30s
- causes code on mRNA to be read incorrectly
STREPTOMYCIN
drugs that are C/I in pregnancy
CATE
Clarithromyxin
Aminoglycosides
Tetracyclines
Erythromycin estolate
SITE OF ACTION
CELL WALL
Bacitracin
Cephalosporin
Penicillin
Vancomycin
Teicoplanin
SITE OF ACTION
CELL MEMBRANE
Amphotericin B
Nystatin
Polymyxin