'Selective toxicity' presentation slideshows

BIO 205 Microbiology with Lab

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Antiviral agents

Antiviral agents. Viruses are non-cellular, infectious agents which take over a host cell to survive and multiply. Can infect human, plant, animals and bacterial cells. More than 400 different types capable to infect human.

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Fundamental Techniques in Microbiology

Fundamental Techniques in Microbiology. Dr Paul D. Brown paul.brown@uwimona.edu.jm BC10M: Introductory Biochemistry. Fundamental Techniques. Microscopy Staining Aseptic technique Sterilization and waste disposal Media preparation. Microscopy. Measurement Microorganisms are very small

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Antimicrobials 1: Origins and modes of action

Antimicrobials 1: Origins and modes of action. Dr Fiona Walsh. Objectives of lecture. Antibiotic discovery Time-line of currently prescribed antibiotics General principles of antimicrobial agents How antibiotics inhibit or kill bacteria Introduction to all antibiotic classes. Definitions.

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DRUG INTERACTIONS

DRUG INTERACTIONS. Geriatric population Polypharmacy, multiple diseases, altered physiological response AIDS patients : antiviral drugs + antibiotics or antifungal agents for prophylaxis against opportunistic infections. Interactions during distribution and metabolism.

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Vaccines and Antivirals

Vaccines and Antivirals. Clinical Use of Interferon. Therefore they have been used in the treatment of cancers of various types. Alpha interferon has shown some effectiveness in the treatment of Hairy cell leukemia, chronic myelocytic leukemias, and some T-cell lymphomas.

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Controlling Microbial Growth in the Body

Controlling Microbial Growth in the Body. Antimicrobial Drugs. Antimicrobial Drugs. History of Antimicrobial Agents Chemotherapy Paul Ehrlich 1854-1915- Magic Bullets Alexander Fleming 1881-1955- Antibiotics. Antimicrobial Drugs. Mechanisms of Antimicrobial Action Selective Toxicity

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ANTIMICROBIAL DRUGS.

ANTIMICROBIAL DRUGS. Introduction. KEY TERMS. Chemotherapy. Antimicrobial drugs. Selective Toxicity. Antibiosis. Antibiotic. SPECTRUM: ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY. Narrow Spectrum. Broad Spectrum. Superinfection. ANTIMICROBIAL ACTION OF DRUGS.

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EX. 20 Antibiotic Disk Sensitivity

EX. 20 Antibiotic Disk Sensitivity. Antibiotics . Naturally occurring compounds produced by bacteria and or fungi, that kill or inhibit other microbes Many Antibiotics are produced by 2 Genera of Bacteria Streptomyces Bacillus 1 Fungal Genus Penicillium. Common Antibiotics.

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Chapter 16 Vocab

Animal Health BSAA. Chapter 16 Vocab . Day 1 . Active immunity Acute diseases Antibiotic Antibodies Antigens . Day 2. Body temperature Capillary refill time Chronic disease Comfort zone Contagious disease . Day 3. Disease Health Hypothalamus Immunity Injection .

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