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PRACTICE QUIZZES on antimicrobial chemotherapy

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ANTIBACTERIALS

Quiz on Antimicrobial Chemotherapy - Antibacterials:

1. 
Which of the following antibiotic acts by inhibiting cell wall synthesis?

2. 
Ciprofloxacin should not be given to an asthmatic using theophylline because:

3. 
Erythromycin is drug of choice for treatment of diarrhea in children caused by:

4. 
Drug of choice for antibiotic associated pseudomembranous colitis is:

5. 
Mechanism of action of fluoroquinolones is:

6. 
A 23-year-old man was started on standard four-drug antimycobacterial therapy for treatment of active TB. He has epilepsy, which is controlled with carbamazepine. He has had no seizures in 5 years; however, upon return to clinic at 1 month, he reports having two seizures since his last visit. Which drug may be the reason his carbamazepine is less effective?

7. 
After 5 days of clindamycin treatment for a skin infection, a patient develops diarrhea (10 watery stools/day), severe abdominal pain, and fever. Which of the following organisms would you be concerned about as the causative pathogen of diarrhea?

8. 
A 68-year-old man presents from a nursing home with fever, increased urinary frequency and urgency, and mental status changes. He has a penicillin allergy of anaphylaxis. Which of the following β-lactams is the most appropriate choice for gram-negative coverage of this patient’s urinary tract infection?

9. 
Linezolid is best used for:

10. 
Which of the following aminoglycosides has highest nephrotoxicity?

11. 
Mechanism of action of vancomycin is:

12. 
Empirical treatment for meningococcal meningitis is:

13. 
A 26 year old patient presents with suspected pneumococcal meningitis. CSF culture is sent for antibiotic sensitivity. Which empirical antibiotic should be given till culture sensitivity result come?

14. 
The persistent suppression of bacterial growth that may occur after limited exposure to some antimicrobial drug is called:

15. 
A girl on sulphonamides developed abdominal pain and presented to emergency with seizure. What is the probable cause?

16. 
Which of the following drugs is used in the treatment of acute bacterial meningitis?

17. 
Single dose aminoglycoside administration is more preferable than 8 hourly dose because of:

18. 
A post operative patient developed septicemia and was empirically started on combination chemotherapy by a new resident doctor. However, when the patient did not respond even after 10 days of antibiotics treatment, the review of the charts was done. It was found that the resident doctor had started the combination of antibiotics which was mutually antagonistic in action. Which of the following is the most likely combination that was given?

19. 
Which of the following drugs act by inhibiting bacterial protein synthesis?

20. 
A 21-year-old marathon runner reports to the clinic with acute Achilles tendon rupture. The nurse noted that the patient recently took an antibiotic for community-acquired pneumonia. Which antibiotic may have contributed to tendon rupture?

21. 
Drug of choice for acute meningococcal pyogenic meningitis is:

22. 
Redman syndrome is due to:

23. 
Drug of choice for prophylaxis of Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia in immunocompromised patients is:

24. 
Treatment of choice for chancroid is:

25. 
Drug of choice for prophylaxis of meningococcal meningitis is:

26. 
A patient diagnosed as having ventilator associated pneumonia, is on treatment with ceftriaxone and amikacin. Culture and sensitivity turned out to be positive for ESBL producing Klebsiella infection. The most appropriate next action should be:

27. 
A potent inhibitor of beta-lactamase is:

28. 
A child was admitted to the hospital with H. influenza meningitis. Cefotaxime is preferred over ampicillin because:

29. 
Drug of choice for sore throat caused by Group A beta hemolytic streptococcus is:

30. 
Which of the following adverse effects is often employed as a therapeutic use for erythromycin?

31. 
In the given below figure at which site does penicillinase work?

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32. 
Which one of the following drugs is an antipseudomonal penicillin?

33. 
This bacterial protein synthesis inhibitor is used for management of abdominal abcess caused by Bacteroides fragilis. Antibiotic associated colitis commonly occurs with use of this drug. Which of the following drug is being described?

34. 
Which of the following should be monitored if linezolid is given for more than 14 days?

1 out of 34


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Please note: These MCQs are intended as a general overview of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy - Antibiotics and are not a comprehensive assessment of the subject.



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ANTIVIRAL AND ANTIFUNGAL DRUGS

Quiz on Antimicrobial Chemotherapy - Antiviral and antifungal drugs:

1. 
Liposomal amphotericin B has the following advantage over conventional amphotericin B:

2. 
Drug of choice for acyclovir resistant herpes is:

3. 
Treatment of choice for coccidiodomycosis is:

4. 
Mechanism of action of terbinafine is?

5. 
Drugs that can be used to treat candida infection are all EXCEPT:

6. 
All of the following are common adverse effects of HAART therapy except:

7. 
Mechanism of action of oseltamivir is:

8. 
Which of the following anti-metabolites act as an antifungal agent?

9. 
Following drugs act against HIV-2 except:

10. 
A person is being treated for Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1. He developed hypertriglyceridemia and hypercholesterolemia. Most likely drug implicated for these adverse effects is:

11. 
Drug causing maximum peripheral neuropathy is:

12. 
Which drug would treat both dermatophytosis and candidal infections?

13. 
The antimicrobial agent which inhibits the ergosterol biosynthesis is:

14. 
Mechanism of action of protease inhibitors is:

15. 
Amphotericin B toxicity can be reduced by?

16. 
Drug of choice for chronic hepatitis –B is:

17. 
Drug of choice for herpes simplex virus infection is:

18. 
Which of the following drugs is used to prevent HIV transmission from an HIV positive pregnant mother to child? (AIIMS Nov. 2011)

19. 
Drug of choice in herpes simplex encephalitis is:

20. 
The drug used to treat acyclovir resistant Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) and Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV) infection is:

21. 
Drug of choice for herpes simplex keratitis is:

22. 
Which of the following has poorest oral bioavailability?

23. 
The minimum period required for post-exposure chemoprophylaxis for HIV is:

24. 
Enfuvirtide belongs to the class of:

25. 
Pancreatitis is a common complication of which one of the following:

26. 
A diabetic patient presents with fungal infection of sinuses and peri-orbital region with significant visual impairment. The best drug for treatment of this patient is:

27. 
Which of the following is oral drug for treatment of hepatitis C?

28. 
Which of the following is most common side effect of zidovudine?

1 out of 28


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Please note: These MCQs are intended as a general overview of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy - Antiviral Drugs & Antifungal Drugs and are not a comprehensive assessment of the subject.



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ANTIMALARIAL DRUGS

Quiz on Antimicrobial Chemotherapy - Antimalarial Drugs:

1. 
Which antimalarial drug is known to cause neuropsychiatric adverse reaction?

2. 
Which of the following drugs can be used for the treatment of chloroquine resistant malaria in children?

3. 
Drug of choice for treatment of malaria due to P. vivax in a 25 year old pregnant female is:

4. 
Tissue schizontocide which prevents relapse of vivax malaria is:

5. 
The development of resistance to conventional treatment has led WHO to recommend the use of combination therapies containing artemisinin derivative (artemisinin-based combination therapies also known as ACTs). All of the following combination therapies are recommended if such resistance is suspected, except:

6. 
Which one of the following antimalarial drugs is safe for use in pregnancy?

7. 
Drug of choice in a patient with severe complicated falciparum malaria is:

8. 
Radical cure of Plasmodium vivax is by:

9. 
Which of the following antimalarial drugs is a slow acting schizonticide?

10. 
Radical cure is required for malaria caused by:

11. 
Drug of choice for chloroquine resistant malaria in pregnancy is:

12. 
Chemoprophylaxis in an Englishman visiting chloroquine and mefloquine resistant malaria region is done with:

13. 
Which of the following can cause hypoglycemia in a patient of severe cerebral malaria on treatment?

14. 
Absorption of which of the following anti-malarial drug increases with food intake?

15. 
Chloroquine is given as 600 mg loading dose because:

16. 
Drug of choice for treatment of chloroquine resistant falciparum malaria is:

17. 
Choose the drug whose single oral dose affords clinical cure of uncomplicated malaria caused by chloroquine sensitive/resistant P. falciparum as well as P. vivax:

18. 
Which one of the following drug may be used for prevention of relapse of P. vivax infection:

19. 
Drug of choice for the treatment of a pregnant woman with P vivax malaria is:

20. 
First line drug for falciparum malaria in pregnancy is:

1 out of 20


Thanks for completing the Quiz!

Please note: These MCQs are intended as a general overview of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy - Antimalarial Drugs and are not a comprehensive assessment of the subject.



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ANTIPROTOZOAL AND ANTIHELMINTHIC DRUGS

Quiz on Antimicrobial Chemotherapy: Antiprotozoal and antihelminthic drugs:

1. 
Drug of choice for kala-azar is:

2. 
Drug of choice for neurocysticercosis is:

3. 
Round worm infection is best treated with:

4. 
A female presented with frothy, greenish vaginal discharge with a musty smell. On examination ‘strawberry vagina’ was noted. A diagnosis of trichomonas vaginalis was made. Drug of choice is:

5. 
Ivermectin is used for the treatment of:

6. 
The drug of choice for schistosomiasis is:

7. 
Drug of choice for hookworm infestation is:

8. 
Metronidazole is effective in all of the following conditions except:

9. 
Bull’s eye retinopathy is seen in:

10. 
Which of the following is not used as treatment for lymphatic filariasis?

11. 
Which of the following drug causes flaccid paralysis of ascaris?

12. 
Albendazole is effective against all of the following except:

13. 
Disulfiram like interaction with alcohol is seen with all of the following drugs EXCEPT:

14. 
Amphotericin B produce antifungal action by acting on:

15. 
All of these are used in the treatment of visceral leishmaniasis except:

16. 
DEC (Di-ethyl-carbamazine) is used for the treatment of:

17. 
Drug of choice for medical treatment of hydatid cyst of liver is:

18. 
Scabies can be effectively treated systemically by:

19. 
Drug commonly used in the treatment of echinococosis is:

1 out of 19


Thanks for completing the Quiz!

Please note: These MCQs are intended as a general overview of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy - Antiprotozoal & antihelminthic drugs and are not a comprehensive assessment of the subject.



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Disclaimer: This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Always seek the advice of a healthcare provider with any questions regarding a medical condition.

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