ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC AGENTS QUIZ

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

carbenicillin

closacillin

methicillin

pencillin-G

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

Tetracycline

Chloramphenicol

Streptomycin

Penicillin

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The larger the __________ , the better the chemotherapeutic agent.

spectrum

therapeutic dose

selective toxicity

therapeutic index

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Which of the following is not an example of potent antitumer agents?

Erythromycin

Neothramycin

Sibromycin

Anthramycin

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The mode of action of polymyxin is to

inhibit protein synthesis

injury to the plasma membrane

inhibit DNA synthesis

inhibit folic acid synthesis

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Fluoroquinolones are antibiotics which inhibit

RNA polymerase

DNA gyrase

DNA polymerase

Cross-linking of peptidoglycan

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

Dilution susceptibility tests

Broth dilution test

Agar dilution test

All of these

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Which of the following drugs involves modification of the drug by enzymatic modification or degradation of its active element to alter its/their resistance?

All of these

Choloramphenicol

Pencillins

Aminoglyosides

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More promising chemotherapeutic agents for treating viral diseases is

interferon

leukocytic interferon

fibroblast interferon

nystatin

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Which of the following is not an aminoglycoside antibiotic?

Neomycin

Cephalosporin

Streptomycin

Kanamycin

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