ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC AGENTS QUIZ

Erythromycin

Sibromycin

Anthramycin

Neothramycin

bacteriostatic

broad-spectrum

penicillin derivatives

antimetabolites

small ring structures

large ring structures

β-lactam - thiazolidine ring

any of these

cell membrane function

cell wall synthesis

DNA function

protein synthesis

all of these

Interfere with normal nucleic acid synthesis

Interfere with ergosterol biosynthesis and thus alter the structure of the cytoplasmic membrane as well as the function of several membrane-bound enzymes like those involved in nutrient transport and chitin synthesis

Interfere with nuclear division by preventing the aggregation of microtubules needed for mitosis

all of these

Haemophilus

gram +ve Staphylococci

gram -ve Meningococci & Gonococci

Production of β-lactamases by bacteria

Alteration or lack of penicillin-binding proteins

Impermeability of cell envelope

All of these

both (a) and (b)

none of these

tube dilution technique

paper disk plate

trimethoprim

both (a) and (b)

none of these

sulphonamides

Protein synthesis

Cell wall synthesis

DNA function

Cell membrane function