Selective toxicity - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

USMLE Study test in depth Examination and 100% correctly verified Solutions Latest version 2024/2025 Nonselective β-blockers - correct answer -Nadolol, pindolol (partial agonist), propranolol, timolol -Mostly go from N to Z β1-selective antagonist - correct answer -acebutolol (partial agonist), atenolol, betaxolol, esmolol, metoprolol -Mostly go from A to M Nonselective α- and β-antagonists - correct answer -Carvedilol, labetalol Nebevolol - correct answer -Combines ca...

antibiotic- old and new definition CORRECT ANSWER - originally referred to any compound produced by one species of microbe that could kill or inhibit the growth of other microbes. -today the term is also used for synthetic chemotherapeutic agents that are clinically useful but chemically synthesized. Selective toxicity CORRECT ANSWER -a quality of an antibiotic - Antibiotic must selectively kill or inhibit the pathogen but not the host, How is selective toxicity possible? CORRECT ANSWE...

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What is meant by selective toxicity? Correct Answer-Chemotherapeutic agents should act against the pathogen and not the host. Why are chemotherapeutic agents that work on the peptidoglycan cell wall of bacteria a good choice of drug? Correct Answer-Humans and other animal hosts lack peptidoglycan cell walls. Why is polymyxin only used on the skin? Correct Answer-It can also damage living human cell membranes, but the drug is safely used on the skin, where the outer layers of cells are dead...

Prescott's Microbiology, 11e (Willey) Chapter 1 The Evolution of Microorganisms and Microbiology 1) Extant microorganisms are organisms from the fossil record that are no longer present on Earth today. Answer: FALSE Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms Bloom's/Accessibility: 2. Understand / Keyboard Navigation ASM Topic: Module 01 Evolution ASM Objective: 01.05 The evolutionary relatedness of organisms is best reflected in phylogenetic trees. Learning Outcome: 01.02a Propose a timeline of the ori...

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Pharmacology 2023/2024 HESI PN Specialty V2 Exam 1) A client is being treated for hyperthyridism with propylthiouracil (PTU). The LPN/LVN knows that the action of this drug is to: A. decrease the amount of thyroid stimulating hormone circulating inthe blood. B. increase the amount of thyroid-stimulating hormone circulating inthe blood. C. increase the amount of T4 and decrease the amount of T3 producedby the thyroid. D. inhibit synthesis of T3 and T4 by the thyroid gland. D. PTU is an...