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antibiotics
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| anthelmentic | drug that treats worms |
| virus | single-celled organism, smaller than bacteria, that can only grow in the cells of another animal |
| mycosis | infectious disease caused by fungi |
| bacteriostatic | ability to inhibit bacterial growth until the body's defenses can overcome the infection |
| bactericidal | ability to kill bacteria |
| nosocomial | disease acquired from hospital |
| parasite | organism that benefits from host organism while harming host organism |
| culture & sensitivity test | test to see if patient is allergic to penicillin |
| methods/procedures that can help stop the spread of infectious diseases | wash your hands, don't share food, & wash vegetables |
| some opportunistic infections | TB, PCP, MAC |
| levofloxacin | Levaquin (quinolone) |
| clarithromycin | Biaxin (macrolide) |
| ticarcillin + potassium clavulanate | Timentin (extended spectrum penicillin) |
| minocycline | Minocin (tetracycline) |
| silver sulfadiazine | Silvadene (sulfonamide) |
| dicloxacillin | Dynapen (penicillinase-resistant penicillin) |
| ampicillin | Omnipen (aminopenicillin) |
| tobramycin | Tobrex (aminoglycoside) |
| sulfasalazine | Azulfidine (sulfonamide) |
| ethambutol | Myambutol (TB prophylactic) |
| pyrethrin | RID (pediculicide) |
| hydroxychloroquin | Plaquenil (antimalaria) |
| nitrofurantoin | Macrodantin (misc. antiinfective) |
| ofloxacin | Floxin (quinolone) |
| imipenem-cilastin | Primaxin (misc. related antibiotic) |
| metronidazole | Flagyl (amebicide) |
| doxycycline | Vibra-tabs (tetracycline) |
| cephalexin | Keflex (1st generation cephalosporin) |
| ceftazidime | Fortaz (3rd generation cephalosporin) |
| cefepime | Maxipime (4th generation cephalosporin) |
| nafcillin | Unipen (penicillinase-resistant penicillin) |
| cefoxitin | Mefoxin (2nd generation cephalosporin) |
| cefadroxil | Duricef (1st generation cephalosporin) |
| fluconizole | Diflucan (antifungal) |
| ceftriaxone | Rocephin (3rd generation cephalosporin) |
| acyclovir | Zovirax (antiretroviral protease inhibitor) |
| saquinavir | Invirase (antiretroviral protease inhibitor) |
| amphotericin B | Fungizone (antifungal) |
| ritonavir | Norvir (antiretroviral protease inhibitor) |
| troche | solid dosage form with a flavor base that is intended to dissolve slowly in the mouth |
| Why are clavulanate & sulbactam combined with certain anitiobitcs? | inhibits beta lactamase activity |
| antibiotic that causes "Red Neck" or "Red Man" syndrome if it is given too rapidly | vancomycin |
| antibiotic that causes an antabuse-like reaction in the presence of alcohol | Flagyl |
| some antibiotics used for initial retreatment of TB | ethambutol, INH, rifampin |
| some classes of antibiotics that cause photosensitivity | tetracycline |
| Why are CD4 & viral load counts monitored in HIV positive patients? | to determine how severe the HIV is |
| Where in the body can the malaria organism be found? | liver & RBCs |
| some drugs used to treat leprosy | Dapsone & lamprene |
| antiviral drug given to HIV+ women who are pregnant to prevent transmission of the virus to the fetus | AZT + 3TC + NVP or zidovudine |
| organism that causes shingles | herpes zoster virus |
| organism that causes malaria | plasmodium sps |
| organism that causes yeast infections | candida albicans |
| organism that causes scabies | mite |
| organism that causes AIDs | HIV |
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