ANTIMICROBIAL PHARMACOLOGY POWERPOINT

Question 1

What two items are needed for a Kirby Bauer culture/ sensitivity test

Answer 1

Anti biotic disks
Bacterial plates

Question 2

What are the three zones of inhibition when reading the results of a Kirby Bauer culture/ sensitivity test

Answer 2

R: resistant
S: sensitive
I: intermediate

Question 3

R: Resistant zone of inhibition size

Answer 3

Small (antibiotic doesn’t affect growth of bacteria)

Question 4

S: Sensitive zone of inhibition size

Answer 4

Big (antibiotic stops growth of bacteria)

Question 5

I: Intermediate zone of inhibition size

Answer 5

In-between

Question 6

Effectiveness determination

Answer 6

Decreasing concentration of the drug in the wells which gives us a MIC

Question 7

MIC

Answer 7

Minimum Inhibitory Concentration

Question 8

What does the MIC tell us

Answer 8

Tells you how concentrated the drug has to be in the blood to be affective (anything less will cause resistance)

Question 9

Gram positive bacteria are ____________ bc they

Answer 9

Purple
Retain crystal violet

Question 10

What color is gram negative bacteria

Answer 10

Pink