ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC AGENTS QUIZ

Nystatin is a drug used for treatment of diseases caused by

protozoan

gram positive bacterium

gram negative bacterium

yeast

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Which of the following protein synthesis mechanisms may be affected by particular drugs?

Peptide bond formation

All of these

mRNA translocation

Aminoacyl-tRNA binding

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

Nisin

β-lactam antibiotic

Tylosin

Pimaricin

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Who developed the concept of specific toxicity?

Pasteur

Fleming

Watson

Ehrlich

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Chemotherapeutic agents must

All of these

be able to come in contact with the parasite by penetrating the cells

leave unaltered the host's natural defense mechanisms

prevent/destroy the activity of a parasite

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The penicillin resistant to β-lactamases is

ampicillin

carbenicillin

penicillin-G

closacillin

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Fluoroquinolones are antibiotics which inhibit

Cross-linking of peptidoglycan

DNA polymerase

DNA gyrase

RNA polymerase

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Chelate forming peptide antibiotic are/is

vancomycin

both (a) and (b)

bleomycins

sideromycins

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Quinolones are

antimetabolites

penicillin derivatives

bacteriostatic

broad-spectrum

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Cephalosporins and Penicillins interfere with which of the following?

Cell wall synthesis

DNA function

Protein synthesis

Cell membrane function

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