PHARM FINAL REVIEW - Chapter 6: Drugs for Tuberculosis, Fungal, and Parasitic Infections

Antibacterial drugs

Antimicrobial drugs that kill/slow the reproduction of bacteria only.

Antifungal drug

Drug used to treat a fungal infection

Antimicrobial drug

General term for any drug that kills/inhibits growth of pathogenic microorganisms.

Antitubercular Drugs

Drug/treatment that is effective against TB

Helminths

Parasitic worms

Parasite

Organism that lives on/in a human & relies on human for survival.

TB drugs are all toxic to the

Liver

With TB drugs being toxic to liver, instruct patients taking drugs for TB

Not to drink alcohol for the entire duration of treatment

Most common adverse effect of antifungal drugs

Anemia

Superinfections often result form giving

Antifungals & corticosteroids together

Worms passed in bowel movements

Still live & capable of infecting others