2998 (v.4) Chemotherapy 224

Area:

School of Pharmacy

Credits:

12.5

Contact Hours:

3.0

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Lecture:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Laboratory:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

11677 (v.3) Pharmaceutical Biology 233 or any previous version
AND
11679 (v.3) Pharmaceutical Biology 231 or any previous version

Co Requisite(s):

8013 (v.5) Pharmacology 224
AND
12936 (v.2) Pharmaceutical Chemistry 200
AND
12937 (v.2) Pharmaceutics 200

Syllabus:

Selective toxicity - scope of antimicrobial chemotherapy. Classifications of antibiotics. Principles of treatment - clinical diagnosis, bacteriological diagnosis, reasons for treatment failure. The antimicrobial action, absorption, distribution, elimination, untoward effects and their place in chemotherapy of the following drug groups - sulphonamides and trimethoprim, betalactams, inhibitors of protein synthesis, macrolides and tetracyclines.

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Field of Education:

60100 Medical Studies (Narrow Grouping)

HECS Band (if applicable):

Extent to which this unit or thesis
utilises online information:

Informational

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Area External	Central External
2004	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area