Pharmacology (NURS 403)

NURS 403 Pharmacology Exam 2 Review 1. Antimicrobials work and don't work: don't work through phagocytosis(Do not engulf microbacteria) ; work through : disruption of cell wall→lysis, disruption of bacterial protein synthesis, inhibition of enzyme unique to bacteria(some agents inhibit synthesis of folic acid) 2. Selective toxicity Toxic to microbes , harmless to the host. BECAUSE (no cell wall in human cell, we take folic in with diet (folic synthesis not required) 3. Bacteriostatic v...