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Antimicrobial Chemotherapy – Antiviral and antifungal drugs

Last updated: 2023/10/21 at 11:55 AM

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Quiz on Antimicrobial Chemotherapy - Antiviral and antifungal drugs:

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

12 weeks

4 weeks

8 weeks

6 weeks

None

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

Lactic acidosis

Anemia

Peripheral neuropathy

None

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

Raltegravir

Efavirenz

Didanosine

Ritonavir

None

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

Ganciclovir

Foscarnet

Valacyclovir

Abacavir

None

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

Absence of infusional toxicity

Lesser cost

Lesser nephrotoxicity

Once a week administration

None

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

Didanosine

Stavudine

Zidovudine

Zalcitabine

None

Which of the following has poorest oral bioavailability?

Oseltamivir

Rimantidine

Amantadine

Zanamivir

None

Treatment of choice for coccidiodomycosis is:

Fluconazole

Griseofulvin

Flucytosine

Amphotericin

None

Drug of choice in herpes simplex encephalitis is:

Vidarabine

Amantadine

Interferon

Acyclovir

None

10.

Drug causing maximum peripheral neuropathy is:

Didanosine

Stavudine

Zidovudine

Lamivudine

None

11.

Drug of choice for herpes simplex virus infection is:

Ribavarin

Acyclovir

Zidovudine

Indinavir

None

12.

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:

Itraconazole

Broad spectrum antibiotics

Amphotericin B

Ketoconazole

None

13.

Mechanism of action of terbinafine is?

Inhibition of ergosterol synthesis

Inhition of microtubule formation

Prevents formation of purine

Binds to ergosterol

None

14.

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

Didanosine

Nevirapine

Lamivudine

Stavudine

None

15.

Drug of choice for chronic hepatitis –B is:

Lamivudine

IFN-alpha

Ribavirin

Zidovudine

None

16.

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

Chlorambucil

5-Flucytosine (5 FC)

Decarbazine

Paclitaxel

None

17.

Following drugs act against HIV-2 except:

Ritonavir

Zalcitabine

Efavirenz

Tenofovir

None

18.

Mechanism of action of oseltamivir is:

Blocks M2 protein

Apoptosis of respiratory epithelial cells

Neuraminidase inhibitor

Block DNA dependent RNA polymerase

None

19.

The antimicrobial agent which inhibits the ergosterol biosynthesis is:

Fluconazole

5-Flucytosine

Griseofulvin

Amphotericin B

None

20.

Drug of choice for herpes simplex keratitis is:

Amantadine

Ganciclovir

Acyclovir

Interferon

None

21.

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

Lamivudine

Ribamivir

Ledipasvir

Peg-interferon

None

22.

Which drug would treat both dermatophytosis and candidal infections?

Nystatin

Tolnaftate

Griseofulvin

Ketoconazole

None

23.

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

Nystatin

Ketoconazole

Amphotericin

Griseofulvin

None

24.

Amphotericin B toxicity can be reduced by?

Injecting the drug with dextrose

Combining with flucytosine

Combining with fluconazole

Incorporating it in liposomal complex

None

25.

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

Lipodytrophy

Optic neuritis

Increased cholesterol

Steatosis

None

26.

Drug of choice for acyclovir resistant herpes is:

Foscarnet

Gancyclovir

Cidofovir

Valacyclovir

None

27.

Enfuvirtide belongs to the class of:

Nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitors

Protease inhibitors

Fusion inhibitors

Gp 120 inhibitors

None

28.

Mechanism of action of protease inhibitors is:

Prevents translation of viral RNA

Inhibits proviral RNA synthesis

Causes apoptosis of the affected cells

Prevents maturation of new viral particles

None

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