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1
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Antimicrobial drugs

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Compounds that kill or control the growth of microorganisms in the host

2
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Antimicrobial drugs

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Compounds that kill or control the growth of microorganisms in the host

3
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What kind of toxicity does antimicrobial drugs have?

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Selective toxicity

4
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Categories of antimicrobial drugs

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Synthetic and natural

5
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Growth factor analogs

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Structurally similar to growth factors but do not function in the cells - analogs similar to vitamins, amino acids, and other compounds

6
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Sulfa drugs were discovered by and when?

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Gerhard Domagk in the 1930s

7
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Sulfa drugs

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Inhibit growth of bacteria by inhibiting folic acid synthesis and thus nucleic acid synthesis

8
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Quinolones

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Inhibit DNA gyrase, prevent DNA supercoiling

9
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Quinolones are active against

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Both gram-negative and gram-positve bacteria

10
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What percentage of antibiotics are clinically useful?

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Less than 1%

11
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Beta-lactam antibiotics

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Cell wall synthesis inhibitors

12
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Beta-lactam antibiotics

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Cell wall synthesis inhibitors

13
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What kind of toxicity does antimicrobial drugs have?

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Selective toxicity

14
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Categories of antimicrobial drugs

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Synthetic and natural

15
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Growth factor analogs

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Structurally similar to growth factors but do not function in the cells - analogs similar to vitamins, amino acids, and other compounds

16
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Sulfa drugs were discovered by

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Gerhard Domagk in the 1930s

17
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Sulfa drugs

A

Inhibit growth of bacteria by inhibiting folic acid synthesis and thus nucleic acid synthesis

18
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Quinolones

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Inhibit DNA gyrase, prevent DNA supercoiling

19
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Quinolones are active against

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Both gram-negative and gram-positve bacteria

20
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Antibiotics are produced by

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Bacteria and fungi

21
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What percentage of antibiotics are clinically useful?

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less than 1%

22
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Beta-lactam antibiotics

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Cell wall synthesis inhibitors

23
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What comprises over 50% of antibiotics used around the world?

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Beta-lactam antibiotics

24
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Who discovered penicillin?

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Alexander Fleming

25
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What do penicillins target?

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cell wall (peptidoglycan synthesis) or transpeptidation

26
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What are examples of a beta-lactam antibiotic?

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Penicillin

27
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What is penicillin effective against?

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Gram-positive

Some synthetic forms active against gram-negative

28
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Cephalosporins are made of?

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Fungus

29
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What do cephalosporins target?

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Cell wall synthesis

30
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What is more broad spectrum: penicillin or cephalosporin?

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Cephalosporin

31
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Cephalosporins are resistant against?

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Beta-lactamases

32
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Cephalosporins are used to treat

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Gonorrhea

33
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Aminoglycosides are bonded by

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Glycosidic linkages

34
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Examples of aminoglycosides ar

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Streptomycins, kanamycin, neomycin, and gentamycin

35
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What do aminoglycosides target?

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30S subunit of ribosome

36
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Why aren’t aminoglycosides commonly used?

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They lack selective toxicity

37
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What are the antibiotics from bacteria?

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Aminoglycosides, macrolides, tetracyclines, daptomycin, cyclic lipopeptide, and platensimycin

38
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Macrolide structure

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Lactone rings bonded to sugars

39
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Example of macrolide

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Erythromycin (Streptomyces erythreus)

40
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Macrolides have what kind of spectrum

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Broad

41
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What do macrolides target?

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50S subunit of ribosome

42
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Mechanism of macrolides

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Inhibition of protein synthesis

Preferential translation of some proteins

43
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Tetracyclines are produced by

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Several species of Streptomyces

44
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What kind of spectrum do tetracyclines have?

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Broad spectrum

45
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What kind of drug are tetracyclines?

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Natural and semisynthetic

46
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What do tetracyclines inhibit?

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30S subunit of ribosome

47
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What are the most widely used antibiotics?

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Tetracyclines and penicillin

48
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What antibiotic is veterinary?

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Tetracyclines

49
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What antibiotic is highly resistant?

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Tetracyclines

50
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What are the novel antibiotics?

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Daptomycin, cyclic lipopeptide and platensimycin

51
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What produces daptomycin?

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Streptomyces

52
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What is cyclic lipopeptide active against?

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Gram-positive

53
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How do daptomycin and cyclic lipopeptide work?

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They form pores in the cellular membrane that leads to depolarization

54
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How does platensimycin work?

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Fatty acid biosynthesis inhibitor - no host toxicity

55
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What antibiotic target MRSA and VRE?

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Platensimycin

56
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What percent of antibiotics are used in agricultural practices?

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80%

57
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Mechanisms of resistance for microorganisms

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Reduced permeability
Inactivation of antibiotic
Alternation of target
Development of resistant biochemical pathway
Efflux