Major Antimicrobial Drug Groups

Approximately 280 different antimicrobial drugs are classified into how many drug families?

• 50

• 20

• 24

• 10

Which of the following drugs act on the cell wall?

• Aminoglycoside and penicillin drugs

• Penicillins and Cephalosporins

• Tetracyclines

• Polymixins

Careful monitoring of the use of these drugs are done to prevent ciprofloxacin-resistant bacteria

• Fluoroquinolones

• Chloramphenicols

• Macrolides

• Cephalosporins

The range of activity of a drug is called

• selection

• spectrum

• target

• field

How many major components are useful drug targets in an actively dividing cell?

• 2

• 3

• 5

• 10

These types of drugs cause cell wall damage and lysis.

• Cephalosporins

• Aminoglycosides

• Fluoroquinolones

• Sulfa drugs

Any chemical used in the treatment, relief, or prophylaxis of a disease.

• antimicrobials

• chemotherapeutic drud

• synthetic drugs

• antibiotics

Substances produced by the natural metabolic processes of some organisms that can inhibit or destroy other microorganisms.

• antibiotics

• narrow spectrum

• broad spectrum

• prophylaxis

This type of drug inhibit folic acid metabolism.

• Bacitracin

• Tetracycline

• Erythromycin

• sulfa drugs

The drug Amphotericin B creates loss of membrane permeability in

• viruses

• helminthes

• protozoa

• fungi