ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC AGENTS QUIZ

Which of the following is not β-lactamase-resistant penicillin?

Carbenicillin

Oxacillin

Methicillin

Nafcillin

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More promising chemotherapeutic agents for treating viral diseases is

nystatin

interferon

fibroblast interferon

leukocytic interferon

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Which of the antibiotic is not used as a food preservative ?

β-lactam antibiotic

Tylosin

Pimaricin

Nisin

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Novobiocin can be used against

Haemophilus

gram -ve Meningococci & Gonococci

gram +ve Staphylococci

all of these

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A parenteral route of drug administration refers to

intravenously

oral

intramuscularly

nonoral

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Polyene antibiotics are

any of these

small ring structures

large ring structures

β-lactam - thiazolidine ring

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Vancomycin inhibits peptidoglycan synthesis by binding

D-alanyl - D-alanine synthetase

alanine racemase

D-alanyl - D-alanine

amidase

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The antibiotics not having good activity against Enterobacteriaceae is

cefoxitin

clindamycin

trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole

ciprofloxacin

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By which of the following means antifungal chemotherapeutic agents may affect fungi?

Interfere with ergosterol biosynthesis and thus alter the structure of the cytoplasmic membrane as well as the function of several membrane-bound enzymes like those involved in nutrient transport and chitin synthesis

Interfere with normal nucleic acid synthesis

all of these

Interfere with nuclear division by preventing the aggregation of microtubules needed for mitosis

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Which of the following drugs may show plasmid-mediated resistance?

Rifampicin

Nalidixic acid

Methicillin

Ampicillin

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