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Antibiotics. A breakthrough in chemotherapy. Presented by: Ahmed Yehia Alaa Ibrahim Esraa Yehia. Udersuper vision of: Prof. Dr. Nabil Higazy. Important to Know. Important to Know. Some characteristics of therapeutic agents.
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Antibiotics A breakthrough in chemotherapy Presented by: Ahmed Yehia Alaa Ibrahim EsraaYehia Udersuper vision of: Prof. Dr. Nabil Higazy
Some characteristics of therapeutic agents • Destroy or prevent the activity of a parasite without injuring the cells of the host or with minor injury to its cells. • Contact with the parasite by penetrating the cells and tissues of the host in effective concentrations. • Leave unaltered the host’s natural defense mechanisms, such as phagocytosis and the production of antibodies.
Sulfonamide • Sulfacetamide • Silversulfadiazine • Sulfasalazine • Sulfadoxine
Chemotherapy has been practiced for centuries. • This turn in events attributed to TWO DISCOVRIES
Antibiotics • In 1929, “Alexandar Fleming” noticed that an agar plate inoculated with Staphylococcus aureus had been contaminated with a mold, because the mold was identified as a Penicillin sp., FLEMING called the antibiotic Penicillin. • In 1889, “Vuillemin” gave the first defiition of Antibiotics. “Vuillemin” “Alexandar Fleming”
Characteristics of antibiotics that qualify them as chemotherapeutic agents • Should prevent the ready development of RESISTANT FORMS of the parasites. • Should not produce undesirable SIDE EFFECTS in the host. • Should not eliminate the normal MICROBIAL FLORA in the host.
References • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemotherapy • http://www.news-medical.net/health/What-is-Chemotherapy.aspx • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antibacterial • http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/antibiotics.html • http://chemistry.tutorvista.com/biochemistry/antibiotics.html • http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/cancerstats/world/the-global-picture/cancer-overall-world