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| use of drug to prevent imminent infection of a person at risk |
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| all inclusive term for any antimicrobial drug, regardless of origin |
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| substances produced by the natural metabolic process of some microorganisms (MOs) that can inhibit or destroy other MOs |
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| drugs that are chemically modified in a lab after being isolated from natural sources |
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| drugs produced entirely from chemical reactions |
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antimicrobials effective against a limited array of microbial types
Ex. drugs specific to GP orgranisms |
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antimicrobials effective against a wide variety of microbial types
Ex. drugs effective against both GP and GN MO's |
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| Minimum inhibitory concentration |
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| Minimum bactericidal concentration |
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| The smallest concentration (highest dilution) of a drug that visibly inhibits growth |
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| the ratio of the dose of the drug that is toxic to humans as compared to it's minimum effective dose (therapeutic) |
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| kill or inhibit the actions or synthesis of molecules in microorganisms but not vertebrate cells |
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| Double-stranded RNA-activated caspase oligomerizer |
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| What does DRACO stand for? |
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| plasmids containing antibiotic resistant genes |
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| Hepatotoxic effects which organ |
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| nephrotoxic effects which organ |
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Cardiovascular system and blood forming tissue
Hemo=blood |
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| Hemotoxic effects which system in body |
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| Neurotoxic effets which system |
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| normal microbial colonists of healthy body surfaces |
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| microbes that were once small in numbers, overgrow when normal resistant biota are destroyed by broad spectrum antimicrobials |
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