ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC AGENTS QUIZ

Both penicillin and fluoroquinolones

bind to and inactivate a bacterial protein

inhibit the cross-linking of peptidoglycan

are inactivated by β-lactamase

must be transported into the cytoplasm in order to act

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With which of the following aminoglycosides interfere?

Cell wall synthesis

Protein synthesis

Cell membrane function

DNA function

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The antibiotics which affords a broad spectrum of antimicrobial coverage against aerobic and anaerobic bacteria, rickettsiae, chlamydiae, and mycoplasmas is

vancomycin

tetracycline

metronidazole

gentamicin

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The antibiotics not having good activity against Enterobacteriaceae is

ciprofloxacin

cefoxitin

trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole

clindamycin

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Which is not an amino acid and peptide antibiotic?

Penicillin

Bacitracin

Tetranactin

Actinomycin

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The penicillin resistant to β-lactamases is

penicillin-G

ampicillin

closacillin

carbenicillin

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Which of the following tests is used to determine the minimal lethal concentration?

All of these

Broth dilution test

Dilution susceptibility tests

Agar dilution test

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A broad-spectrum antibiotic such as chloramphenicol is one that

kills all microorganisms

kills numerous types of microbes

kills both Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria

kills all bacteria

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Which of the following is used only in life-threatening situations when no other drug is adequate?

Chloramphenicol

Streptomycin

Penicillin

Tetracycline

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Novobiocin can be used against

gram -ve Meningococci & Gonococci

gram +ve Staphylococci

Haemophilus

all of these

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