Courses Handbook 2008

311038 (v.1) Antimicrobial Chemotherapies 220


Area: School of Pharmacy
Credits: 25.0
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
Syllabus: Selective toxicity - scope of antimicrobial chemotherapy. Chemotherapy versus Pharmacodynamics. Principles of selective toxicity - distribution, comparative biochemistry, comparative cytology. Classifications of antibiotics. Principles of treatment - clinical diagnosis; bacteriological diagnosis; place of chemotherapy in medicine; considerations relevant to effective antibiotic use; reasons for treatment failure. Investigations of the mechanism of action, spectrum, absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion and adverse events of the major classes of antimicrobial agents including: Sulfonamides/Trimethoprim; Penicillins, Cephalasporins and other Beta-lactam drugs; Aminoglycosides; Protein synthesis inhibitors; Anti-tuberculoids; Anti-malarials; Anti-virals; Anti-fungals and miscellaneous antimicrobial agents. Mechanisms for the development of antimicrobial resistance Antimicrobial combination therapy and antibiotic policies.
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
Field of Education: 060117 Internal Medicine
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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