ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC AGENTS QUIZ

Bacterial cells susceptible to penicillium can be protected from destruction if the medium in which they are exposed is of

moderate osmotic pressure

low osmotic pressure

high osmotic pressure

high surface tension

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

Carbenicillin

Sulfonamide

Ampicillin

Penicillin

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When using alcohol as an antiseptic, which concentration is considered most effective?

50%

95%

70%

25%

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The antibiotics not clinically useful for Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection is

trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole

piperacillin

ceftazidime

aminoglycosides

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Cycloserine inhibits

Both (a) and (b)

alanine racemase

D-alanyl - D-alanine synthetase

amidase

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Nystatin is a drug used for treatment of diseases caused by

gram negative bacterium

protozoan

yeast

gram positive bacterium

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

Ampicillin

Nalidixic acid

Rifampicin

Methicillin

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The penicillin resistant to β-lactamases is

closacillin

ampicillin

carbenicillin

penicillin-G

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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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