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Source: natural
Common uses: oral penicllin (acid stable) |
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Peniciliin G
(benzylpencillin) |
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Source: semisynthetic
Common uses:treatment of infections cause by penicllinase- producing staphylocci. Can be given orally. |
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Source: semisynthetic
Common uses:treatment of infections cause by penicllinase- producing staphylocci. |
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Source: semisynthetic
Common uses:treatment of infections cause by penicllinase- producing staphylocci. |
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Source: semisynthetic
Common uses: used to treat pseudomonas infections |
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Source: semisynthetic
Common uses: used to treat pseudomonas infections |
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Source: semisynthetic
Common uses: used in treatment of gram-negative bacterial infections |
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| a chemical agent used to treat diseases |
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| the quality possessed by a substance that can damage or destroy a living organism in the presence of another organism that remains unaffected. |
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| a condition in which a microbe is unaffected by the presence of a compound used for antimicrobial therapy. |
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| an immune response that causes an individual to overreact to the presence of an antigen, resulting in an allergic condition |
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| antimicrobial agent that is the natrual product of living organisms |
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| capable of killing or stopping the growth of a microbe |
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| a compound that competes with a substrate for position at the active site on an enzyme, but that cannot be changed by the enzyme. These compound prevent normal essential enzyme funciton |
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| that portion of an enzyme where the substrate binds |
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| given into the body by injection or through a catheter |
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| effective against more than one kind of bacterium; usually suggesting antibacterial activity against both grams-positive and gram-negative bacteria |
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| treatment with more than one antibiotic at a time |
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| use of an antimicrbial to prevent infection from occuring |
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| microbial infeciton of bone |
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| infection of the tissues lining the inside of the heart or valves in the heart |
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| applied locally such as to the sruface of the skin. |
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| referring to a body wide infection |
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| referring to a fungal infection or disease |
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| Mode of action of Penicillins |
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Representative: Ampicillin
Action: inhibits peptidoglycan synthesis; activates autolytic enzymes |
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| Mode of action of Cephalosporins |
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Definition
Representative:Cephalothin
Action:Inactivates peptidoglycan synthesis |
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| Mode of action of Chloramphenicol |
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Representative: Chloramphenicol
Action:Blocks protein synthesis by inhibiting peptidyl transferase |
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| Mode of action of Macrolides |
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Definition
Representative:Erythromycin
Action: inhibits protein synthesis by blocking translocation reaction |
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| Mode of action of Tetracyclin |
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Representative:Doxyclycline
Action:Inhibits protein synthesis by inhibiting aminoacyl-tRNA binding to 30S ribosomal subunit |
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| Mode of action of Glycopeptide |
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Representative:Vancomycin
Action:Blocks early cell wall synthesis |
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| Mode of action of Quinolones |
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Representative:Ciprofloxacin
Action:Inhibits DNA gyrase enzyme; prevents unfolding and refolding of DNA |
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| Mode of action of Polymyxins |
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Representative:Polymyxin B
Action: Prevents membrance transport functions |
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| Mode of action of Aminoglycosides |
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Representative:Amikacin
Action:Prevents proein synthesis by interfering with 30 S ribosome funciton |
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| Treatment given on the basis of experience and not as a result of susceptibility testing. |
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| an important chemical mediator of both the inflammatory response and allergies |
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| defenses involving anitbodies that attack microbes in the body fluids |
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| movement of a cell toward a chemical influence |
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| a technique used to seperate proteins or nucleic acids using an elctrical field |
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| a group of proteins foud in human serum |
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| giant multinucleated cell from which platelets arise |
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| a samll open cavity through which body fluids travel |
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| referring to the body region near the junction of trunk and thighs |
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| All of the mechanisms used by the body as protection agains microorganisms and other foreign agents |
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| inborn or natural immunity; mechanisms of resistance to infectino that are not acquired after birth |
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| a structural or physiological character that enables a microbe to cause infection and disease |
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| referring to the ability to cause disease |
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| a skin structure that secretes oily substances |
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| a cellular layer covering internal and external body suraces that lacks blood vessels |
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| a thick secretion produced by mucous cells that covers mucous membranes |
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| a secretory fluid that carries sperm |
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| acute inflammatory response |
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| immediate mechanisms by which host defenses wall off or destroy invading microbes and repair damaged tissue |
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| a white blood cell found in tissues that phagocytizes foreign material |
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| referring to a crawling movement by certain celss |
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| an endocrine gland located behind the breastbone near the throat |
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| a process by which cells ingest particulate matter from their enviornment |
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| a fluid collected from tissues fo the body and transported in lymphatic ducts to the venous blood |
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