romikgosai/squad_modified huggingface dataset:
The successful outcome of antimicrobial therapy with antibacterial compounds depends on several factors. These include host defense mechanisms, the location of infection, and the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties of the antibacterial. A bactericidal activity of antibacterials may depend on the bacterial growth phase, and it often requires ongoing metabolic activity and division of bacterial cells. These findings are based on laboratory studies, and in clinical settings have also been shown to eliminate bacterial infection. Since the activity of antibacterials depends frequently on its concentration, in vitro characterization of antibacterial activity commonly includes the determination of the minimum inhibitory concentration and minimum bactericidal concentration of an antibacterial. To predict clinical outcome, the antimicrobial activity of an antibacterial is usually combined with its pharmacokinetic profile, and several pharmacological parameters are used as markers of drug efficacy.

Questions and answers:
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Q: What does the potency of antibacterials depend upon?
A: concentration', '
Q: What does this eliminate?
A: bacterial infection', '
Q: What does the bactericidal activitty of antibacterials depend on what?
A: bacterial growth phase', '
Q: What besides ongoing metabolic activity is required in bactericidal activity?
A: division of bacterial cells', '
Q: What does the activity of antibacterials depends on?
A: concentration', '
Q: What does a successful treatment using antibiotics entail?
A: host defense mechanisms, the location of infection, and the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties of the antibacterial', '
Q: How do you predict the clinical result?
A: several pharmacological parameters are used as markers of drug efficacy']
Antibacterial antibiotics are commonly classified based on their mechanism of action, chemical structure, or spectrum of activity. Most target bacterial functions or growth processes. Those that target the bacterial cell wall (penicillins and cephalosporins) or the cell membrane (polymyxins), or interfere with essential bacterial enzymes (rifamycins, lipiarmycins, quinolones, and sulfonamides) have bactericidal activities. Those that target protein synthesis (macrolides, lincosamides and tetracyclines) are usually bacteriostatic (with the exception of bactericidal aminoglycosides). Further categorization is based on their target specificity. "Narrow-spectrum" antibacterial antibiotics target specific types of bacteria, such as Gram-negative or Gram-positive bacteria, whereas broad-spectrum antibiotics affect a wide range of bacteria. Following a 40-year hiatus in discovering new classes of antibacterial compounds, four new classes of antibacterial antibiotics have been brought into clinical use in the late 2000s and early 2010s: cyclic lipopeptides (such as daptomycin), glycylcyclines (such as tigecycline), oxazolidinones (such as linezolid), and lipiarmycins (such as fidaxomicin).

Questions and answers:
['
Q: What do anitibiotics mostly target?
A: bacterial functions or growth processes', '
Q: Which two types of antibiotics target the cell wall?
A: penicillins and cephalosporins', '
Q: Which type of antibiotic goes after the cell membrane?
A: polymyxins', '
Q: What 3 types go after protein synthesis?
A: (macrolides, lincosamides and tetracyclines', '
Q: Besides sprectrum of activity and chemical structure, how can antibacterial antibiotics classified?
A: mechanism of action', '
Q: What is another name used for bacterial cell wall?
A: penicillins and cephalosporins', '
Q: whats another word for cell membrane?
A: polymyxins', "
Q: How many new classes of antibacterial antibiotics was introduced in the late 2000's/
A: four", '
Q: What three ways are antibiotics classified?
A: mechanism of action, chemical structure, or spectrum of activity']
With advances in medicinal chemistry, most modern antibacterials are semisynthetic modifications of various natural compounds. These include, for example, the beta-lactam antibiotics, which include the penicillins (produced by fungi in the genus Penicillium), the cephalosporins, and the carbapenems. Compounds that are still isolated from living organisms are the aminoglycosides, whereas other antibacterials—for example, the sulfonamides, the quinolones, and the oxazolidinones—are produced solely by chemical synthesis. Many antibacterial compounds are relatively small molecules with a molecular weight of less than 2000 atomic mass units.[citation needed]

Questions and answers:
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Q: What are antibiotics in chemical terms?
A: semisynthetic modifications', '
Q: What type of antibiotics include penicilin?
A: beta-lactam antibiotics', '
Q: What are the type of antibiotics which are taken from still living things?
A: aminoglycosides', '
Q: How are the slufonamides,quinolones, and oxazolidinones created?
A: synthesis', '
Q: Besides semisytetic modifications, what advances in medicinal chemistry regarding antibacterials?
A: various natural compounds', '
Q: What is the molecular weight loss of antibacterial compounds?
A: 2000 atomic mass units', '
Q: What is included in the beta-lactam antibiotics?
A: penicillins', '
Q: What is penicillins produced by?
A: fungi']
Antibiotics revolutionized medicine in the 20th century, and have together with vaccination led to the near eradication of diseases such as tuberculosis in the developed world. Their effectiveness and easy access led to overuse, especially in livestock raising, prompting bacteria to develop resistance. This has led to widespread problems with antimicrobial and antibiotic resistance, so much as to prompt the World Health Organization to classify antimicrobial resistance as a "serious threat [that] is no longer a prediction for the future, it is happening right now in every region of the world and has the potential to affect anyone, of any age, in any country".

Questions and answers:
['
Q: What is one disease that has been nearly eradicated thanks to vaccines and antibiotics?
A: tuberculosis', '
Q: What is one issue that can arise from overuse of antibiotics?
A: overuse, especially in livestock raising, prompting bacteria to develop resistance', "
Q: What organization called antimicrobial resistance a 'serious threat?'
A: World Health Organization", '
Q: In which century were antibiotics first introduced?
A: 20th century', '
Q: What can be affected by issues resulting from overuse of antibiotics?
A: anyone, of any age, in any country', '
Q: What does there medicines do for livestock?
A: develop resistance', '
Q: What organization classifies this as a current serious threat in the whole world??
A: World Health Organization', '
Q: In what century did antibiotics revolutionized medicine?
A: 20th', '
Q: Besides antimicrobial, what did the overused medicine cause? 
A: antibiotic resistance', '
Q: What other medicine worked along antibiotics to eradicate diseases like tuberculosis?
A: vaccination', '
Q: When did antibiotics revolutinzed medicine?
A: 20th century', '
Q: What happened when antibiotics was over used in livestock?
A: develop resistance', '
Q: What organization stated that the world has this serious problem?
A: World Health Organization', '
Q: What regions in the world does this apply in?
A: every region of the world', '
Q: When were antibiotics created?
A: 20th century', '
Q: What is a common problem in antibiotic use?
A: antimicrobial and antibiotic resistance', '
Q: Who else uses antibiotics besides the medical industry?
A: livestock raising', '
Q: What disease did antibiotics help eliminate?
A: tuberculosis']
In empirical therapy, a patient has proven or suspected infection, but the responsible microorganism is not yet unidentified. While the microorgainsim is being identified the doctor will usually administer the best choice of antibiotic that will be most active against the likely cause of infection usually a broad spectrum antibiotic. Empirical therapy is usually initiated before the doctor knows the exact identification of microorgansim causing the infection as the identification process make take several days in the laboratory.

Questions and answers:
['
Q: What is one kind of therapy that may be used when a patience has an infection, but it has not been identified?
A: empirical therapy', '
Q: Where do doctors perform microorganism identification testing?
A: laboratory', '
Q: What kinds of antibiotics are most commonly used for empirical therapy?
A: broad spectrum antibiotic', '
Q: At what stage does a doctor begin empirical therapy?
A: While the microorgainsim is being identified', '
Q: How long does the identification process take?
A: several days', "
Q: What happens when a doctor doesn't know the microorganism yet?
A: broad spectrum antibiotic", '
Q: What happens in empirical therapy?
A: a patient has proven or suspected infection, but the responsible microorganism is not yet unidentified', '
Q: When is empirical started?
A: before the doctor knows the exact identification of microorgansim']
Antibiotics are screened for any negative effects on humans or other mammals before approval for clinical use, and are usually considered safe and most are well tolerated. However, some antibiotics have been associated with a range of adverse side effects. Side-effects range from mild to very serious depending on the antibiotics used, the microbial organisms targeted, and the individual patient. Side effects may reflect the pharmacological or toxicological properties of the antibiotic or may involve hypersensitivity reactions or anaphylaxis. Safety profiles of newer drugs are often not as well established as for those that have a long history of use. Adverse effects range from fever and nausea to major allergic reactions, including photodermatitis and anaphylaxis. Common side-effects include diarrhea, resulting from disruption of the species composition in the intestinal flora, resulting, for example, in overgrowth of pathogenic bacteria, such as Clostridium difficile. Antibacterials can also affect the vaginal flora, and may lead to overgrowth of yeast species of the genus Candida in the vulvo-vaginal area. Additional side-effects can result from interaction with other drugs, such as elevated risk of tendon damage from administration of a quinolone antibiotic with a systemic corticosteroid. Some scientists have hypothesized that the indiscriminate use of antibiotics alter the host microbiota and this has been associated with chronic disease.

Questions and answers:
['
Q: What are two examples of minor side effects caused by some antibiotics?
A: fever and nausea', '
Q: What causes diarrhea?
A: disruption of the species composition in the intestinal flora', '
Q: What negative effects can antibiotics have on the vaginal area?
A: yeast', '
Q: What is one example of antibiotics that may have a possible side effect of tendon damage?
A: a quinolone antibiotic with a systemic corticosteroid', '
Q: What is one possible serious side effect of over-using antibiotics?
A: alter the host microbiota', '
Q: What are antibiotics screened for on mammals and humans?
A: negative effects', '
Q: What do antibiotics need approval for?
A: clinical use', '
Q: What besides the individual patient is targeted when antibiotics is being used?
A: microbial organisms', '
Q: Photodermatitis, nausea, allergic reactions and anaphylaxis are all what type of side effect?
A: Adverse effects', '
Q: What was altered during the hypothesis of indiscriminate use of antibiotics?
A: host microbiota', '
Q: Why are antibiotics checked before use?
A: negative effects on humans or other mammals', '
Q: Name some adverse effects?
A: fever and nausea to major allergic reactions, including photodermatitis and anaphylaxis', '
Q: Name some side-effects?
A: diarrhea', '
Q: What can happen to vaginal flora?
A: overgrowth of yeast', '
Q: What can happen when antibiotics are used with other drugs?
A: Additional side-effects']
Exposure to antibiotics early in life is associated with increased body mass in humans and mouse models. Early life is a critical period for the establishment of the intestinal microbiota and for metabolic development. Mice exposed to subtherapeutic antibiotic treatment (STAT)– with either penicillin, vancomycin, penicillin and vancomycin, or chlortetracycline had altered composition of the gut microbiota as well as its metabolic capabilities. Moreover, research have shown that mice given low-dose penicillin (1 μg/g body weight) around birth and throughout the weaning process had an increased body mass and fat mass, accelerated growth, and increased hepatic expression of genes involved in adipogenesis, compared to controlled mice. In addition, penicillin in combination with a high-fat diet increased fasting insulin levels in mice. However, it is unclear whether or not antibiotics cause obesity in humans. Studies have found a correlation between early exposure of antibiotics (<6 months) and increased body mass (at 10 and 20 months). Another study found that the type of antibiotic exposure was also significant with the highest risk of being overweight in those given macrolides compared to penicillin and cephalosporin. Therefore, there is correlation between antibiotic exposure in early life and obesity in humans, but whether or not there is a causal relationship remains unclear. Although there is a correlation between antibiotic use in early life and obesity, the effect of antibiotics on obesity in humans needs to be weighed against the beneficial effects of clinically indicated treatment with antibiotics in infancy.

Questions and answers:
['
Q: What is one common result of using antibiotics from a young age?
A: increased body mass', '
Q: What does STAT stand for?
A: subtherapeutic antibiotic treatment', '
Q: What are some antibiotics can be used for STAT?
A: penicillin, vancomycin, penicillin and vancomycin, or chlortetracycline', '
Q: Do antibiotics cause obesity in humans?
A: unclear', '
Q: Why do physicians use antibiotics on infants when the relationship has been proven? 
A: weighed against the beneficial effects', '
Q: What can happen if people are exposed to antibiotics at a young age?
A: increased body mass', '
Q: When do intestinal microbiota develop?
A: Early life', '
Q: Do antibiotics increase the chance of getting fat for humans?
A: unclear']
The majority of studies indicate antibiotics do interfere with contraceptive pills, such as clinical studies that suggest the failure rate of contraceptive pills caused by antibiotics is very low (about 1%). In cases where antibacterials have been suggested to affect the efficiency of birth control pills, such as for the broad-spectrum antibacterial rifampicin, these cases may be due to an increase in the activities of hepatic liver enzymes' causing increased breakdown of the pill's active ingredients. Effects on the intestinal flora, which might result in reduced absorption of estrogens in the colon, have also been suggested, but such suggestions have been inconclusive and controversial. Clinicians have recommended that extra contraceptive measures be applied during therapies using antibacterials that are suspected to interact with oral contraceptives.

Questions and answers:
['
Q: Do antibiotics interact with birth control pills?
A: The majority of studies indicate antibiotics do interfere with contraceptive pills', '
Q: What percentage of birth control pill failure is attributed to antibiotics?
A: about 1%', '
Q: What are the potential effects on intestinal flora?
A: reduced absorption of estrogens in the colon', '
Q: Have these potential effects been proven through testing?
A: inconclusive and controversial', '
Q: What do physicians recommend to counteract this potential issue?
A: extra contraceptive measures', '
Q: What do antibiotics interfere with?
A: contraceptive pills', '
Q: What percent is the  failure rate of contraceptive pills?
A: about 1%', '
Q: Whhat does intestinal flora reduce?
A: absorption of estrogens', '
Q: In therapy, what does the antibacterial interact with?
A: oral contraceptives', '
Q: Do antibiotics mess with birth control pills?
A: antibiotics do interfere', '
Q: What should women do if they are using antibiotics and birth control pills?
A: extra contraceptive measures', '
Q: What is birth control failure rate due to antibiotics?
A: about 1%']
Interactions between alcohol and certain antibiotics may occur and may cause side-effects and decreased effectiveness of antibiotic therapy. While moderate alcohol consumption is unlikely to interfere with many common antibiotics, there are specific types of antibiotics with which alcohol consumption may cause serious side-effects. Therefore, potential risks of side-effects and effectiveness depend on the type of antibiotic administered. Despite the lack of a categorical counterindication, the belief that alcohol and antibiotics should never be mixed is widespread.

Questions and answers:
['
Q: What is one potential issue with drinking alcohol while taking antibiotics?
A: decreased effectiveness', '
Q: Do all antibiotics interact dangerously with alcohol?
A: moderate alcohol consumption is unlikely to interfere with many common antibiotics', '
Q: Is it OK to drink alcohol while taking any antibiotic?
A: there are specific types of antibiotics with which alcohol consumption may cause serious side-effects', '
Q: How common is the belief that alcohol and antibiotics should never be mixed?
A: widespread', '
Q: What can alcohol and certain antibiotics cause?
A: decreased effectiveness of antibiotic therapy', '
Q: What is unlikely to interfere with  with many common antibiotics?
A: alcohol consumption', '
Q: What belief should bever be mixed widespread?
A: alcohol and antibiotics', '
Q: What common drug can reduce antibiotic effectiveness?
A: alcohol', '
Q: What type of antibiotic is most likely to be a problem with alcohol?
A: specific types of antibiotics with which alcohol consumption may cause serious side-effects', '
Q: Should alcohol be used while on antibiotics?
A: alcohol and antibiotics should never be mixed']
Several molecular mechanisms of antibacterial resistance exist. Intrinsic antibacterial resistance may be part of the genetic makeup of bacterial strains. For example, an antibiotic target may be absent from the bacterial genome. Acquired resistance results from a mutation in the bacterial chromosome or the acquisition of extra-chromosomal DNA. Antibacterial-producing bacteria have evolved resistance mechanisms that have been shown to be similar to, and may have been transferred to, antibacterial-resistant strains. The spread of antibacterial resistance often occurs through vertical transmission of mutations during growth and by genetic recombination of DNA by horizontal genetic exchange. For instance, antibacterial resistance genes can be exchanged between different bacterial strains or species via plasmids that carry these resistance genes. Plasmids that carry several different resistance genes can confer resistance to multiple antibacterials. Cross-resistance to several antibacterials may also occur when a resistance mechanism encoded by a single gene conveys resistance to more than one antibacterial compound.

Questions and answers:
['
Q: What is part of hje the make up of bacterial strains?
A: Intrinsic antibacterial resistance', '
Q: What is exchanged between between bacterial strains or species via plasmids that have this resistance?
A: antibacterial resistance genes', '
Q: What can be absent from the bacterial genome?
A: antibiotic target', '
Q: When does the spread of antibacterial resistance frequently occurs/
A: vertical transmission', '
Q: What does some resistance come from?
A: mutation', '
Q: What method of spread can occur in antibacterial resistance?
A: vertical transmission of mutations', '
Q: What do plasmids do in resistance?
A: carry several different resistance genes']
Antibacterial-resistant strains and species, sometimes referred to as "superbugs", now contribute to the emergence of diseases that were for a while well controlled. For example, emergent bacterial strains causing tuberculosis (TB) that are resistant to previously effective antibacterial treatments pose many therapeutic challenges. Every year, nearly half a million new cases of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) are estimated to occur worldwide. For example, NDM-1 is a newly identified enzyme conveying bacterial resistance to a broad range of beta-lactam antibacterials. The United Kingdom's Health Protection Agency has stated that "most isolates with NDM-1 enzyme are resistant to all standard intravenous antibiotics for treatment of severe infections."

Questions and answers:
['
Q: What are strains that are resistant to antibiotics called sometimes?
A: superbugs', '
Q: What was a once almost controlled disease that is coming back do to resistance?
A: tuberculosis', '
Q: How many new infections of resistant TB are reported per year?
A: half a million', '
Q: What is the acronym used to describe resistant TB?
A: MDR-TB']
Inappropriate antibiotic treatment and overuse of antibiotics have contributed to the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Self prescription of antibiotics is an example of misuse. Many antibiotics are frequently prescribed to treat symptoms or diseases that do not respond to antibiotics or that are likely to resolve without treatment. Also, incorrect or suboptimal antibiotics are prescribed for certain bacterial infections. The overuse of antibiotics, like penicillin and erythromycin, has been associated with emerging antibiotic resistance since the 1950s. Widespread usage of antibiotics in hospitals has also been associated with increases in bacterial strains and species that no longer respond to treatment with the most common antibiotics.

Questions and answers:
['
Q: What are the two biggest reasons for resistance?
A: Inappropriate antibiotic treatment and overuse', '
Q: What is a common method of misuse?
A: Self prescription', '
Q: What is an example of bad treatment causing resistance?
A: overuse of antibiotics']
Common forms of antibiotic misuse include excessive use of prophylactic antibiotics in travelers and failure of medical professionals to prescribe the correct dosage of antibiotics on the basis of the patient's weight and history of prior use. Other forms of misuse include failure to take the entire prescribed course of the antibiotic, incorrect dosage and administration, or failure to rest for sufficient recovery. Inappropriate antibiotic treatment, for example, is their prescription to treat viral infections such as the common cold. One study on respiratory tract infections found "physicians were more likely to prescribe antibiotics to patients who appeared to expect them". Multifactorial interventions aimed at both physicians and patients can reduce inappropriate prescription of antibiotics.

Questions and answers:
['
Q: What is a way of improperly using antibiotics for those traveling?
A: prophylactic antibiotics', "
Q: What can happen if a doctor doesn't prescribe to a person's weight and prior use?
A: failure of medical professionals to prescribe the correct dosage", '
Q: What are 3 other common forms of bad antibiotic practices?
A: failure to take the entire prescribed course of the antibiotic, incorrect dosage and administration, or failure to rest for sufficient recovery', '
Q: What happens when a cold is treated with antibiotics?
A: Inappropriate antibiotic treatment', '
Q: What do doctors usually do when a patient seems to want antibiotics even though they may not be right?
A: prescribe antibiotics']