Exam 11: Antimicrobial Drugs

The range of pathogen type that a given drug is effective against is referred to as the drug's __________.

All of the following are mechanisms of resistance used by microbes except

Match the description below with the correct item from this list. -Clindamycin

Resistance to only one type of drug may allow resistance to a similar drug; this process is called __________.

Prontosil,a dye,was first used as an antibiotic by

Which of the following is not a test to determine the efficacy of an antimicrobial agent against a specific organism?

The zone of inhibition is the result of the __________ method.

Most agents that inhibit protein synthesis involve disrupting the process of __________.

Match the description below with the correct item from this list. -Isoniazid

Match the description below with the correct item from this list. -Ethambutol

Another term for the effectiveness of a drug is __________.

In order for an antimicrobial drug to be able to cross the blood-brain barrier it must be __________ soluble.

In the MIC method of determining antibiotic effectiveness,the lowest concentration containing no living organisms is called the __________.

Antimicrobial drugs that adversely affect the red bone marrow are referred to as

When two antibiotics are given together to increase the therapeutic effect,the phenomenon is referred to as

Drugs that are effective against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria,but not all of them,are ________ activity drugs.

The assessment of a drug to determine its benefits versus the risks is called the __________.

The term bacteriostatic means that bacteria

A drug that kills pathogenic bacteria is referred to as __________.

Cephalosporins have __________ generations of developed agents.