W6, Ch 88-90 Basic Principles of Antimicrobial Therapy

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What are antibiotics?

Chemicals that are produced by one microorganism and can harm other microbes

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What are antimicrobial drugs?

Any agent that can kill or suppress microorganisms

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What is selective toxicity?

Drug is toxic to microbes but harmless to host COME ABACK

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What is function of selective toxicity?

Disruption of bacterial cell wall, inhibition of enzyme unique to bacteria, disruption of bacterial protein synthesis