ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC AGENTS QUIZ

The antibiotics not having good activity against Enterobacteriaceae is

trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole

clindamycin

cefoxitin

ciprofloxacin

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Nystatin is a drug used for treatment of diseases caused by

gram negative bacterium

gram positive bacterium

protozoan

yeast

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Quinolones are

broad-spectrum

bacteriostatic

antimetabolites

penicillin derivatives

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The penicillin resistant to β-lactamases is

carbenicillin

closacillin

penicillin-G

ampicillin

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The most selective antibiotics are those that interfere with the synthesis of

bacterial DNA

bacterial cell walls

bacterial RNA

bacterial plasma membrane

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

Broth dilution test

All of these

Agar dilution test

Dilution susceptibility tests

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Which is not an amino acid and peptide antibiotic?

Actinomycin

Tetranactin

Bacitracin

Penicillin

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Novobiocin can be used against

gram +ve Staphylococci

all of these

Haemophilus

gram -ve Meningococci & Gonococci

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Which of the following is not an aminoglycoside antibiotic?

Kanamycin

Streptomycin

Cephalosporin

Neomycin

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

All of these

mRNA translocation

Peptide bond formation

Aminoacyl-tRNA binding

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