Pharmacology- NURS 251 Module Exam 6 portage Complete Set Questions & Answers | UPDATE

Pharmacology- NURS 251 Module Exam 6 portage Complete Set Questions & Answers | UPDATED Antibiotics drugs that have the ability to destroy or interfere with the development of bacteria Bacteria Resistance the ability of some bacteria to resist the actions of antibiotics. Bactericidal antibiotics that work by killing the bacteria Bacteriostatic antibiotics that do not actually kill bacteria, but only inhibit their growth. Empiric therapy the administration of antibiotics based on the practitioner’s judgment of pathogens most likely to be causing an apparent infection to avoid treatment delay before specific culture information has been obtained List the four general mechanism by which antibiotics generally work to rid the body of infection. 1. Interference with bacterial cell wall synthesis 2. Interference with protein synthesis 3. Interference with replication of DNA and RNA 4. Antimetabolite action that disrupts important metabolic reactions within the bacterial cell Gram-positive bacteria that stain purple on a gram stain. Gram-negative bacteria that stain pink on a gram stain. Aerobe bacterium that grows in the presence of air or requires oxygen for growth. Anaerobe bacterium that does not live or grow when oxygen is present. common Gram- positive bacteria staphylococcus aureus streptococcus pyogenes enterococcus faecalis common Gram-negative bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa Klebsiella pneumoniae Escherichia Coli Enterobacter species What does MRSA stand for? methicillin-resistance Staphylococcus aureus Examples of sulfonamides sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim Examples of penicilli