- Define an antibiotic.
- Describe in detail antimicrobial agents with examples.
- What is selective toxicity?
- Why are there fewer antifungal agents than there are antibacterial agents?
- Enumerate the characteristics of antimicrobial agents.
- Differentiate between narrow-spectrum and broad-spectrum drugs with examples.
- Describe in detail the different target sites of antibacterial agents.
- What is the therapeutic index of a drug?
- Mention 3 antibiotics that inhibit cell wall synthesis in bacteria and describe their general mechanism of action.
- Describe the mechanisms of action of chloramphenicol and tetracyclines.
- Discuss in details the mechanism of action of a named fluoroquinolone.
- Enumerate 2 antibiotics that inhibit DNA synthesis and succinctly describe their mechanism of action.
- Name and describe the mechanism of action of any antimetabolite.
- Explain in details the mechanism of action of a named aminoglycoside.
- Succinctly explain the mechanism of action of a named macrolide.
- Explain the mechanism of action of flucytosine.
- What are polyenes?
- List and describe the mechanism of action of any two polyenes.
- Mention the natural source of griseofulvin?
- X-ray the antimicrobial potential of interferons against viral agents.
- Why are there fewer antifungal, antiviral and antiprotozoal drugs than there are antibacterial drugs?
