PPT-Cell Wall Inhibitors Some antimicrobial drugs selectively interfere with

synthesis of the bacterial cell walla structure that mammalian cells do not possess The cell wall is composed of a polymer called peptidoglycan that consists of glycan units joined to each other by . Controlling microbial growth in the body: Antimicrobials. Like disinfectants antimicrobial drugs act by killing or inhibiting the growth of microorganisms.. Antimicrobial drugs must act within the body and show . methicillin. -resistant . S. . aureus. Bobby Arnold. Alex Cardenas. Zeb. Russo. Loyola Marymount University. Biology Department . 16 November 2011. Outline . S. taphylococcus . aureus. –. human pathogen.. Infection . Preventionist. Marianne Pavia MS, MT(ASCP), CLS, CIC, FAPIC. The . Scope . of Microbiology. Microbiology: The study of living things too small to be seen without magnification. Microbes interact with humans. Environment and. Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 1. 8 and 9. Copyright © McGraw-Hill Global Education Holdings, LLC. Permission required for reproduction or display.. 2. Definition of Frequently Used Terms. methicillin. -resistant . S. . aureus. Bobby Arnold. Alex Cardenas. Zeb. Russo. Loyola Marymount University. Biology Department . 16 November 2011. Outline . S. taphylococcus . aureus. –. human pathogen.. What are antibiotics?. Definition: chemicals produced by one microorganism to kill or inhibit the growth of other microorganisms. Now included the semi-synthetic antibiotics. Effective against bacteria. Antibiotics. Antimicrobial drugs naturally produced by microorganisms. Penicillium. . species: . Penicillins. Cephalosporium. . specis. : . cephalosporins. Streptomyces. . species:. . lincosamides. Mr. . Shadi. . ALashi. Antimicrobial control agents. Usually, microbial controls are used to avoid contamination of pure cultures, prevent infection, or treat existing diseases.. A . microbiocidal. Therapy. The development of antimicrobial drugs represents one of the most important advances in therapeutics, both in the control or cure of serious infections and in the prevention and treatment of infectious complications of other therapeutic modalities such as cancer chemotherapy, immunosuppression, and surgery.. 1 -Antimicrobial Therapy-Selective Toxicity -Survey of Antimicrobial Drug-Microbial Drug Resistance-Drug and Host Interaction Antimicrobial Therapy Ideal drugTerminologyAntibiotics An ideal antimicrob Dr. . Haider. Abdul-Lateef . Mousa. Learning Objectives. •To understand how antibiotics work. • To review how drug resistance develops in bacteria. • T o summarize current status of antimicrobial resistance in selected bacteria. DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY. D.D.U. GORAKHPUR UNIVERSITY. GORAKHPUR. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. I bow before the . electic,divine. and blessing forces (parents and teachers).. Who made me worthy of doing this scared job to completion.. A chemotherapeutic agent is a chemical that combats disease in the body.. An antimicrobial drug is a chemical substance that destroys disease-causing microorganisms with minimal damage to host tissues.. 1. Paul Ehrlich . developed . the concept of chemotherapy . to treat microbial diseases; he predicted the development of chemotherapeutic agents, which would kill pathogens without harming the host (.