Pharmacology Unit 5--NU 578-807
PCN, Cephalosporin - answer Drugs that inhibit bacterial cell wall synthesis or activate
enzymes that disrupt the cell wall
Amphotericin B - answerDrug that increase cell membrane permeability
Aminogylcosides--Gentamycin - answer Drugs that cause lethal inhibition of bacterial
protein synthesis.
Tetracycline - answerDrugs that cause non-lethal inhibition of protein synthesis
Rifampin, Metronidazole, Fluoroquinolones -Cipro - answerDrugs that inhibit bacterial
synthesis of DNA and RNA or disrupt DNA function
Trimethoprim and sulfonamides - answerAntimetabolites---disrupt biochemical reactions
Antiviral Drugs - answerDrugs that suppress viral replication—inhibit specific enzymes -
DNA polymerase, reverse transcriptase, protease, integrase, or neuraminidase needed
for replication
Beta lactam drugs - answerPCN, PCN G, PCN K, PCN VK
Inhibitors of cell wall synthesis - answerPCN, Cephalosporins, Imipenem, Vancomycin,
Caspofungin
Drugs that disrupt the cell membrane - answerAmphotericin B, Daptomycin,
Itraconazole
Bactericidal inhibitors of protein synthesis - answerAminoglycosides
Bacteriostatic inhibitors of protein synthesis - answerClindamycin, Erythromycin,
Linezolid, Tetracyclines
Antimetabolites - answerFlucytosine, Sulfonamides, Trimethoprim
Drugs that interfere with synthesis or integrity of bacterial DNA or RNA -
answerFluoroquinolones, Metronidazole, Rifampin
Viral DNA polymerase inhibitors - answerAcyclovir, Ganciclovir
Influenza neuraminidase inhibitors - answerOseltamivir, Zanamivir
PCN, Cephalosporin - answer Drugs that inhibit bacterial cell wall synthesis or activate
enzymes that disrupt the cell wall
Amphotericin B - answerDrug that increase cell membrane permeability
Aminogylcosides--Gentamycin - answer Drugs that cause lethal inhibition of bacterial
protein synthesis.
Tetracycline - answerDrugs that cause non-lethal inhibition of protein synthesis
Rifampin, Metronidazole, Fluoroquinolones -Cipro - answerDrugs that inhibit bacterial
synthesis of DNA and RNA or disrupt DNA function
Trimethoprim and sulfonamides - answerAntimetabolites---disrupt biochemical reactions
Antiviral Drugs - answerDrugs that suppress viral replication—inhibit specific enzymes -
DNA polymerase, reverse transcriptase, protease, integrase, or neuraminidase needed
for replication
Beta lactam drugs - answerPCN, PCN G, PCN K, PCN VK
Inhibitors of cell wall synthesis - answerPCN, Cephalosporins, Imipenem, Vancomycin,
Caspofungin
Drugs that disrupt the cell membrane - answerAmphotericin B, Daptomycin,
Itraconazole
Bactericidal inhibitors of protein synthesis - answerAminoglycosides
Bacteriostatic inhibitors of protein synthesis - answerClindamycin, Erythromycin,
Linezolid, Tetracyclines
Antimetabolites - answerFlucytosine, Sulfonamides, Trimethoprim
Drugs that interfere with synthesis or integrity of bacterial DNA or RNA -
answerFluoroquinolones, Metronidazole, Rifampin
Viral DNA polymerase inhibitors - answerAcyclovir, Ganciclovir
Influenza neuraminidase inhibitors - answerOseltamivir, Zanamivir
