Nurs 5334 antimicrobials - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

NURS 5334-PHARM: Antimicrobials part 1/ Module 2 UTA With Questions And 100% DETAILED ANSWERS

Drug resistant bacteria (seven listed) -E.faecium -Staph aureus -Enterbacter, -Klebsiella -Pseudo aeruginosa -Acine baumannii -C. diff Four basic actions of bacterial drug resistance •Decrease the concentration of a drug at its site of action •Inactivate a drug •Alter the structure of drug target molecules •Produce a drug antagonist Previous Play Next Rewind 10 seconds Move forward 10 seconds Unmute 0:15 / 0:54 Full screen 6 Ways to Show Apprecia...

NURS 5334-PHARM: Antimicrobials part 3/ Module 2 UTA questions and answers 2022Lefamulin (treats bacterial pneumonia caused by which organisms) –Streptococcus pneumoniae –Staphylococcus aureus –Haemophilus influenzae –Legionella pneumophila –Mycoplasma pneumoniae –Chamydophila pneumoniae Fluroquinolones (Floxacin) meds -Ofloxacin (Resp, urinary,GI,skin) -Moxifloxacin (inta abd, resp, UTI, skin) -Norfloxacin- no longer available in US -Levofloxaci...

NURS 5334-PHARM: Antimicrobials part 2/ Module 2 UTA questions correctly answered 2022Tetracycline MOA •Broad-spectrum antibiotics •Inhibit protein synthesis •Increasing bacterial resistance has emerged Tetracyclines (Four medications in the tetracycline family) *Each med ends in "Cycline" -Tetracycline -Doxycycline -Demeclocycline -Minocycline-Tetracycline -Doxycycline -Demeclocycline -Minocycline Tetracycline uses/ microbes •...

NURS 5334 Antimicrobials part 5 Antiviral Agents I: Drugs for Non-HIV Viral Infections Antiviral Therapy: Our ability to treat viral infections remains limited; Viruses use biochemical machinery of host cells to reproduceDifficult to suppress viral replication without doing significant harm to the host; Antivirals suppress biochemical processes unique to viral reproduction Acyclovir [Zovirax]: Active only against members of the herpesvirus family; Agent of first choice for herpes simplex...

NURS 5334 Antimicrobials Part 2 Bacteriostatic Inhibitors of Protein Synthesis: suppress growth, don’t kill Tetracyclines: “clyclines”; Tetracycline; Demeclocycline; Doxycycline; Minocycline What are they: Broad-spectrum antibiotics; Inhibit protein synthesis by inhibiting binding transfer RNA to messenger RNA; Increasing bacterial resistance has emerged Uses: Treatment of infectious disease (Rocky Mountain spotted fever); Treatment of acne; Peptic ulcer disease;

NURS 5334 Antimicrobials Part 1 Basic Principles of Antimicrobial Therapy Antimicrobials: Used to treat infectious diseases; 190 million doses of antibiotics are given in hospitals each day; Modern antimicrobials: 1930s and 1940s; Significantly reduced morbidity and mortality from infection Antibiotics: strictly speaking, a chemical produced by one microbe that can harm other microbes Antimicrobial agent: Any agent that can kill or suppress microorganisms Classification of Antimicrobial D...

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NURS 5334 Antimicrobials Part 4 Treatment of Mycobacterial Infections • Slow-growing microbes • Requires prolonged treatment • Increased risk of drug toxicity and poor patient adherence • Promotes emergence of drug-resistant mycobacteria Tuberculosis (TB) Global epidemic • Leading cause of death worldwide • New cases in the United States are declining • Cases outside United States are increasing Pathogenesis • Mycobacterium tuberculosis • Transmitted from person t...