ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC AGENTS QUIZ

Which of the following antibiotics can't be used for treatment of infections with β-lactamase-producing Staphylococcus aureus?

Ampicillin/sulbactam

Cephalothin

Vancomycin

Piperacillin

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The antibiotics not clinically useful for Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection is

piperacillin

aminoglycosides

ceftazidime

trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole

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Which of the following group is not the carbohydrate containing antibiotic?

Vancomycin & Moenomycin

Everninomycin & Nogirimycin

Erythromycin & candicidin

Streptomycin & Streptothricin

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Which of the following is not an aminoglycoside antibiotic?

Cephalosporin

Kanamycin

Neomycin

Streptomycin

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A broad-spectrum antibiotic such as chloramphenicol is one that

kills both Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria

kills all microorganisms

kills numerous types of microbes

kills all bacteria

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The penicillin stable in gastric acid and suitable for oral administration is

closacillin

pencillin-G

carbenicillin

methicillin

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

Chloramphenicol

Tetracycline

Streptomycin

Penicillin

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Which of the following is not a semi synthetic chemotherapeutic agent?

Ampicillin

Carbenicillin

Sulfonamide

Penicillin

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Vancomycin inhibits peptidoglycan synthesis by binding

alanine racemase

amidase

D-alanyl - D-alanine

D-alanyl - D-alanine synthetase

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Novobiocin can be used against

gram +ve Staphylococci

gram -ve Meningococci & Gonococci

Haemophilus

all of these

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