disease

inhibition of protein synthesis

streptomyocin, chloraphenical, tetraglycines
cause irreversable damage to the plasma membrane

polymyxin, polyenes (bact) imidazotes (fungi)
inhibition of nucleic acid synthesis
- quinolones (DNA)
- rifamycins (RNA)
AIDS
- - not a virus.
- aquired immunodefieciency syndrome
HIV

human immunodeficiency virus
previous names of HIV:

LAU, HT2V III
HIV is classified as:
- retrovirus
- -RNA
- -single stranded RNA
- -contains reverse transcriptase
- enzyme.
- -lentivirus family (slow virus)
opertunistic infections for aids
- kaposis sarcoma sarcoma (cancer) rare
- candida (yeast) infection-mouth/throat
- pneumocystis pneumonia-fungi infection
- brain infections
drugs- org. specific group:
- antivirals- for viruses
- antihelmenthies- for worms
- antifungal-fungus candidring worm infection
- antiprotozoan- protozoan ex:metronidazole
- antibiotic- for bacteria

Author

mike87

87735

Card Set

disease

Description

HIV

Updated

2011-05-25T20:03:55Z

Show Answers