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What are the major antibiotic drug classes - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Beta-lactams:
penicillins
Beta-lactams: Cephalosporins
fluoroquinolones
tetracyclines and macrolides
sulfonamides, trimethoprim, &nitrofurantoin
What is the primary goal of antibiotic therapy - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔kill bacteria
without harming host tissue
Bactericidal antibiotics - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔directly kill bacteria
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,bacteriostatic antibiotics - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Antibiotics that do not actually kill
bacteria but rather inhibit bacterial proliferation while the hosts immune
system does the killing
which antibiotics are preferred for immunocompromised patients:
bactericidal or bacteriostatic - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔bactericidal
which antibiotics are preferred for patients with an overwhelming infection:
bactericidal or bacteriostatic - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔bactericidal
broad spectrum antibiotics - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔affect a broad range of gram-
positive or gram-negative bacteria
narrow spectrum antibiotics - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Effective against specific
bacteria
which is used for empiric therapy: narrow or broad - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔broad
spectrum
Risks of Broad Spectrum - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔disruption of normal floral
increases risk of development of antibiotic resistance
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, which antibiotics increase the risk of antibiotic resistance: narrow or broad
spectrum and why - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Broad spectrum because they kill more
competing organisms than narrow spectrum drugs
is narrow or broad spectrum antibiotics preferred - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔narrow
is preferred when possible.
broad spectrum only used when pathogen is unknown or when multiple
types of bacteria is suspected
Bactericidal drugs - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Aminoglycosides
Beta-lactams
fluoroquinolones
Metronidazole
Vancomycin
streptogramins
most antimycobacterial agents (rifampin, isoniazid, streptomycin, etc)
bacteriostatic drugs - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔clindamycin
macrolides
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What are the major antibiotic drug classes - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Beta-lactams:
penicillins
Beta-lactams: Cephalosporins
fluoroquinolones
tetracyclines and macrolides
sulfonamides, trimethoprim, &nitrofurantoin
What is the primary goal of antibiotic therapy - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔kill bacteria
without harming host tissue
Bactericidal antibiotics - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔directly kill bacteria
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,bacteriostatic antibiotics - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Antibiotics that do not actually kill
bacteria but rather inhibit bacterial proliferation while the hosts immune
system does the killing
which antibiotics are preferred for immunocompromised patients:
bactericidal or bacteriostatic - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔bactericidal
which antibiotics are preferred for patients with an overwhelming infection:
bactericidal or bacteriostatic - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔bactericidal
broad spectrum antibiotics - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔affect a broad range of gram-
positive or gram-negative bacteria
narrow spectrum antibiotics - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Effective against specific
bacteria
which is used for empiric therapy: narrow or broad - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔broad
spectrum
Risks of Broad Spectrum - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔disruption of normal floral
increases risk of development of antibiotic resistance
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, which antibiotics increase the risk of antibiotic resistance: narrow or broad
spectrum and why - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Broad spectrum because they kill more
competing organisms than narrow spectrum drugs
is narrow or broad spectrum antibiotics preferred - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔narrow
is preferred when possible.
broad spectrum only used when pathogen is unknown or when multiple
types of bacteria is suspected
Bactericidal drugs - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Aminoglycosides
Beta-lactams
fluoroquinolones
Metronidazole
Vancomycin
streptogramins
most antimycobacterial agents (rifampin, isoniazid, streptomycin, etc)
bacteriostatic drugs - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔clindamycin
macrolides
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