ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC AGENTS QUIZ

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

Agar dilution test

Dilution susceptibility tests

All of these

Broth dilution test

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

Sulfonamide

Ampicillin

Carbenicillin

Penicillin

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

high surface tension

high osmotic pressure

moderate osmotic pressure

low osmotic pressure

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The antibiotics not having good activity against Enterobacteriaceae is

trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole

clindamycin

cefoxitin

ciprofloxacin

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Which of the following is not β-lactamase-resistant penicillin?

Methicillin

Nafcillin

Oxacillin

Carbenicillin

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With which of the following aminoglycosides interfere?

Cell wall synthesis

Protein synthesis

DNA function

Cell membrane function

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

Erythromycin

Anthramycin

Neothramycin

Sibromycin

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Amphotericin B and polymyxin interfere with

protein synthesis

DNA function

cell membrane function

cell wall synthesis

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Which of the following is not an aminoglycoside antibiotic?

Streptomycin

Cephalosporin

Kanamycin

Neomycin

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Novobiocin can be used against

gram -ve Meningococci & Gonococci

all of these

gram +ve Staphylococci

Haemophilus

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