Resistance to penicillins - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Causes of drug resistance - correct answer Recent use of antibiotics Over use of broad spectrum antibiotics Age less than 2 years or greater than 65 years Daycare center attendance Exposure to young children Multiple medical comorbidities Immunosuppression True or false Every antibiotic class has resistant organisms - correct answer True How can your identify local re...

Causes of drug resistance - correct answer People not completing their antibiotics/inappropriate use, overuse of broad spectrum ABO's Every ABO class has_____________________ - correct answer resistance organisms Vaccination with pneumococcal vaccine has - correct answer decreased resistance Inhibits the biosynthesis of peptidogylcan bacterial cel...

PHARMACOLOGY TESTBANK TEST 2 WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS A nurse is caring for a patient who is on amphotericin B. On morning rounds the patient reports weakness, numbness, and a tingling sensation in his feet. What would be a priority action by the nurse? Keep the bed in a low position and the side rails up at all times. A nurse is monitoring the fluid input and output of a 26-year-old woman who is on amphotericin B. Which of the following would the nurse report immediately to the physician? Seru...

MMSC438 Final Exam Set Q&A Correctly Answered 1. Antibiotic vs. antimicrobial - ANSWER-antibiotic: substance produced by a MO that inhibits the growth or kills other MOs -antimicrobial agent: substance produced by MOs or synthetic means that inhibits the growth or kills MOs (antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal, antiparasitic) 2. Properties of antimicrobial agent - ANSWER-selectively toxic: active against targeted causative agent but not harmful to patient (limited side effects, no al...

NBME 28 Guaranateed Success Question 1: A 25-year-old man presents with severe abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. The pain radiates from the left flank to the groin, and examination reveals tenderness in these areas. The negative stool occult blood test and pain characteristics indicate a high likelihood of a urinary stone. Answer: F) Ureteral calculus Explanation: Ureteral calculus commonly results in colicky flank pain that radiates to the groin, often accompanied by naus...

Management of Pharmacotherapeutics in Advanced Practice 100% QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS 2023/2024/2025 TEST BANK Medroxyprogesterone (Depo Provera) is prescribed intramuscularly (IM) to create a storage reservoir of the drug. Storage reservoirs: 1. Assure that the drug will reach its intended target tissue 2. Are the reason for giving loading doses 3. Increase the length of time a drug is available and active 4. Are most common in collagen tissues - CORRECT ANSWER 3. Increase the...

Penicillin G - First penicillin available for clinical use - Therapeutic Uses: bactericidal to gram positive and some gram negative - Best absorbed IM, worst is oral - Only potassium penicillin G can be given IV (concern for kidney/heart patients) - excreted by the kidney - minimal metabolism - risks in renal pts, acutely ill, elderly and infants - half life = 30 minutes - side effects = pain at site of IM injection, neurotoxicity (seizures), hyperkalemia (cardiac arrest), and necrosis of skin i...

NURS125 Exam 5 Practice Questions and Answers examples of penicillins - Correct Answer️️ -amoxicillin ampicillin penicillin (synthetic) action of penicillins - Correct Answer️️ -bactericidal kills bacteria by weakening cell wall and allowing water to enter *beta-lactam ring responsible for activity resistance to penicillins - Correct Answer️️ -some bacteria secrete beta-lactamase which splits the beta-lactam ring of penicillins and builds resistance uses of penicillins - Cor...

Foundations of Microbiology Chapter 12 Learn Smart 100% SOLUTION 2023//2024 A _____ spectrum antibiotic is active against a wide range of different bacteria - ANSWER broad ______ is a normal human glycoprotein produced in response to immune stimuli and can be used therapeutically to fight viruses and cancer. Reverse transcriptase, complements, interferon, insulin, porin - ANSWER interferon Which of the following are enzymes secreted by certain bacteria that cleaves the bet...

NURS 3305 & 5005 Infectious Disease Drug Tables. Narrow vs Broad spectrum: Narrow is preferred to reduce resistance to antibiotics. - refers to the spectrum of what it can treat. Empiric Therapy: using what works. Bacteriostatic: suppress growth of bacteria, if pt if immunocompromised (wbc) – not as effective Bactericidal: kill bacteria ..work with patients works with patents to be immunocompromised Prototype Class Uses MOA SE Notes CELL WALL INHIBITORSBACTERIAL PENICILLINS (and rel...