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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Viruses | parasitic in nature and are minute organisms that may invade normal cells and cause disease |
| Fungi | Plant like organisms that also depend upon a host for their existence |
| Candida infections, Cryptococcosis, athlete's foot, tinea, blastomycosis, coccidioidomycosis | Types of Fungi |
| Clotrimazole | Lotrimin |
| Fluconazole | Diflucan |
| Ketoconazole | Nizoral |
| Monistat | Miconazole Nitrate |
| Nystatin | Mycostatin |
| Terbinafine | Lamisil |
| Common cold | Coryza |
| Acyclovir (Zovirax) | treatment for initial and recurrent episodes of gential herpes. Not a cure |
| Famciclovir (Famvir) | Management of Herpes Zoster (shingles) and reccurent herpes genitalis in immunocompetent clients |
| Rimantadine (Flumadine) | Indicated for the prevention and treatment of illness caused by various strains of influenza A virus |
| Ribavirin (Virazole) | treatment of severe lower respiratory tract infections due to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) |
| RSV | Respiratory Syncytial Virus |
| Penciclovir (Denavir) | cream is inidcated for the treatment of recurrent herpes labialis (cold sores) |
| Herpes Labialis | Cold Sores |
| Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) | treatment for uncomplicated acute illness due to influenza A or B |
| Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor | HIV uses an enzyme to convert RNA to viral DNA using a host cell to do so |
| What does NRTI stand for | Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor |
| NRTI's | interrupt early stage of virus replication. Slows the spread and helps prevent opportunistic infections |
| What does NNRTI stand for? | Nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor |
| NNRTI | Second class of drugs that are used in the treatment of HIV. They inhibit HIV by binding directly to reverse transcriptase and preventing conversion of RNA to DNA |
| What are PI's | Protease Inhibitors. Third class of drugs that interrupt virus replicatino at a LATER STAGE in its life cycle. |
| AZT | Retrovir. NRTI |
| Rescriptor | NNRTI |
| SUSTIVA | NNRTI |
| VIRAMUNE | NNRTI |
| Immunity | state of being protected from or resistant to a particular disease due to the development of antibodies |
| Immunization | the process of inducing or providing immunity artifically by administering an immunobiologic (immunizing agent) |
| Active Immunization | denotes the production of antibodies in response to the administration of a vaccine or toxoid |
| Passive Immunization | denotes the provision of temporary immunity by the administration of performed antitoxins or antibodies |
| Immunobiologics | Vaccine is produced from serus proteins, egg antigens, cell cuture derived antigents |
| VAccine | a suspension of attenuated live or killed microorganisms (bacteria, viruses, or rickettsiae) administered to induce immunity and thereby prevent infectious diseases |
| SubQ VAccine locations | infants- thigh, adults-portion of deltoid area |
| Intradermal injection location | Volar surface of the forearm |
| Pertussis | Whooping cough |
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