NUR 326 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Hyperkalemia, Gonorrhea, Klebsiella
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Toxic to bacteria but not to the human tissue (not self: resistance. Bacteria to resist or destroy antibiotic: broad-spectrum or narrow spectrum, bacteriostatic (slows down) or bacteriocidal (kills, prophylaxis (prevention, superinfection wiped out bodies normal flora, opportunistic infection (c-diff) What are we treating: culture and gram stain, sensitivity testing, takes 48 hours e(cid:373)piri(cid:272)al treat(cid:373)e(cid:374)t (cid:373)ay (cid:271)egi(cid:374) first based on the most likely suspects. Minimum effective concentration: mic: minimum inhibitory concentration, mbc: minimum bactericidal concentration. Disk diffusion test is most common measure size of bacteria free zone on the disk. Serial dilution mic amt, of antibiotic that inhibits growth (cid:271)ut does(cid:374)"t kill (cid:271)a(cid:272)teria; mbc lowest concentration. Gradient diffusion disk and strips with varying concentration of antibiotics. Gram staining the ability of the bacterial cell wall to retain a purple stain by a basic dye. Crystal violet if bacteria retains a purple stain, they are classified as gram positive. Those bacteria not stained are known as gram negative.
