Nurs8024 Pharm Exam 1 Questions And Answers Verified Solutions

NURS8024 PHARM EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND
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◉ Gram-positive bacteria. Answer: Stain violet purple


◉ Gram-negative bacteria. Answer: Stain pink


◉ Aerobes. Answer: require oxygen, most common cause of infection


◉ Common gram positive aerobes. Answer: MRSA(staphylococci),
Streptococci, Enterococcus, Vanc resistant enterococcus (VRE)


◉ Common gram negative aerobes. Answer: Moraxella catarrhalos,
gonorrhea, jarmo Philips influenzae (HIB)


◉ Space bugs. Answer: Hard to treat organisms
Serratia, pseeudomonas aeriginosa, acinetobacter helocobacter,
citrobacter, enterobacter


◉ Anaerobes. Answer: Thrive without bacteria
Release exotoxins
Local microbiota enter sterile tissue

, ◉ common anerobes. Answer: C-dif, fusobacterium, actinomyces
(abdominal infections), bacteroides fragilis


◉ Atypical bacteria. Answer: Legionella pneumophila, mycoplasma
pneumonia, chlamydia pneumoniae/trachomatis


◉ Spirochetes. Answer: Treponema pallidum
Borrelia burgdorferi


◉ Narrow spectrum antibiotics. Answer: Act on single or limited
group of microorganisms
Known pathogen
Ideal


◉ Extended spectrum antibiotics. Answer: Efficacy against large
numbers of gram positive or gram negative organisms


◉ Broad Spectrum (empiric therapy). Answer: Effective against broad
spectrum
Unknown pathogen, but possibly life threatening
Risk for superinfections


◉ Superinfections. Answer: Use of broad spectrum agents can disrupt
the normal flora causing growth of opportunistic organisms (PCN
causing vag yeast)