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WorksheetsBroad Spectrum Antibiotics
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
A 5-year-old female was brought to the emergency with fever, headache, confusion. A provisional diagnosis of bacterial meningitis was made. The child was known to be allergic to penicillin. She was admitted and IV antibiotics were started. A few days later, investigations revealed<br />Hb = 6 gm/dl, RBC count = 1.2 x 106 /mm3, Platelets 60000/ mm3, WBC count = 1500/ mm3.<br />Which of the following drugs is most likely to have caused the above findings?
Gentamicin
Doxycycline
Vancomycin
Chloramphenicol
Chloramphenicol is drug of 2nd choice for empirical therapy in bacterial meningitis because
It has wide Vd
Concentration of drug in CSF is equal to that in plasma
It has a broad spectrum of activity
It has few side effects
The following tetracycline is used in eradication of meningococcal carrier state
Tetracycline
Doxycycline
Minocycline
Demeclocycline
Teratogenicity produced by tetracycline is
Fanconi’s syndrome
Discoloured deciduous teeth
Impaired osteoid formation
Diabetes insipidus
Doxycycline is drug of choice in all of the following conditions except
Psittacosis
Malaria
Rickettsia
Brucellosis
Which of the following statements regarding Chloramphenicol is false?
Causes dose related myelosuppression
Concentration of drug in CSF is equal to plasma
Gray baby syndrome is a life-threatening side effect in infants due to incomplete drug acetylation
Causes idiosyncratic aplastic anemia
The following tetracycline causes vestibular toxicity
Tetracycline
Doxycycline
Minocycline
Demeclocycline
The following tetracycline is used in leprosy
Tetracycline
Doxycycline
Minocycline
Demeclocycline
