Antimicrobials

Microbial resistance to drugs is acquired through 

• conjugation
• transformation
• transduction
• all of these

A compound synthesized by bacteria of fungi that destroys or inhibits the growth of other microbes is a/an

• synthetic drug
• antibiotic
• antimicrobial drug
• competitive inhibitor

An antibiotic that disrupts the normal flora can cause

• the teeth to turn brown
• aplastic anemia
• a superinfection
• hepatotoxicity

Cephalosporins and Penicillin MOA (mechanism of action) is:

• inhibit protein synthesis

• destroys cell wall

• inhibit growth or multiplication

Bacteriostatic means to:

• stop the growth and multiplication

• destroy the cell wall

• inhibit protein synthesis

The use of a drug to prevent a person at risk of an imminent infection is called

• prophylaxis

• synergism

• prebiotics

• competitive inhibition

Sulfa drugs work on

• folic acid biosynthesis

• nucleic acid biosynthesis

• peptidoglycan biosynthesis

• ribosome biosynthesis

Opportunistic pathogens

• cause disease in compromised individuals.

• cause disease in every individual.

• are always pathogens.

• have well-developed virulence factors.

Which of these antimicrobials will treat Herpes virus?

• Oseltamivir

• Acyclovir

• Zidovudine

• Amprenavir

Which antimicrobial inhibits heme detoxification?

• Chloroquine

• Penicillin

• Cephalosporin

• Bacitracin