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WorksheetsAntimicrobials & Anthelminthics
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 16mins
Which of the following drugs inhibit cell wall synthesis in bacteria?
Erythromycin
Streptomycin
Vancomycin
Clindamycin
All of the following drugs are bacteriostatic except:
Chloramphenicol
Clindamycin
Bacitracin
Linezolid
Antianabolic effect is shown by:
Vancomycin
Chloramphenicol
Amphotericin B
Tetracycline
Streptomycin resistance of E. coli is transferred by:
Conjugation
Transformation
Transduction
Mutation
Select the drugs that have enzyme inactivation in mutant strains:
Cephalosporins
Chloramphenicol
Fluoroquinolones
Aminoglycosides
Conditions predisposing to superinfection include all except:
Diabetes
Hypertension
SLE
AIDS
A person using clindamycin developed abdominal pain and bowel dysfunction. The diagnosis of a superinfection was made. Endoscopy shows plaques in gut mucosa. The organism is:
Candida albicans
Clostridium difficile
Proteus
Pseudomonas
Drug causing malabsorption syndrome:
Cotrimoxazole
Vancomycin
Nystatin
Neomycin
Kernicterus is seen in infants due to:
Aminoglycosides
Sulphonamides
Chloramphenicol
Tetracyclines
Drug to be avoided in hepatic dysfunction include all except:
Pefloxacin
Tetracycline
Chloramphenicol
Nalidixic acid
Drugs to be avoided in G-6-PD deficient patient includes all except:
Primaquine
Chloramphenicol
Fluoroquinolones
Tetracyclines
Drug not showing long post antibiotic effect:
Fluoroquinolones
Vancomycin
Rifampin
Aminoglycosides
Concentration dependent killing is seen with:
Penicillin
Vancomycin
Streptomycin
Macrolides
Antagonism is seen with
Penicillin + Vancomycin
Penicillin + Erythromycin
Penicillin + Metronidazole
Penicillin + Streptomycin
Prophylaxis for H1N1 influenza is done using:
Acyclovir
Ganciclovir
Oseltamivir
Tenofovir
Choose the wrong match
Metronidazole - inhibit β-tubulin polymerisation
DEC - Alter organelle membranes
Piperazine - GABA agonist
Pyrantel - inhibit nicotinic cholinergic receptors
Drug of choice in trichuriasis
Albendazole
Ivermectin
Mebendazole
Pyrantel pamoate
Choose the false statement about Albendazole
Taken with fatty meal for ascariasis
Metabolite is albendazole sulfoxide
Contraindicated in pregnancy
Single dose treatment for Enterobius
Which of the following drugs are contraindicated in epilepsy?
Piperazine
Praziquantel
Niclosamide
Pyrantel pamoate
Drug with immunomodulator action
Piperazine
Levamisole
Albendazole
Ivermectin
DEC kills adult worms of all except:
Wuchereria bancrofti
Loa loa
Oncocerca volvulus
Brugia malayi
Ivermectin is obtained from
Streptomyces coelicolor
Streptomyces avermitilis
Streptomyces scabies
Streptomyces rimosus
Drug of choice for river blindness
DEC
Ivermectin
Praziquantel
Albendazole
Antibacterial drug acting as anthelminthic:
Chloramphenicol
Doxycycline
Penicillin
Vancomycin
Drug inhibiting oxidative phosphorylation in helminthic mitochondria:
Praziquantel
Niclosamide
DEC
Pyrantel pamoate
Choose the anthelminthics contraindicated in pregnancy:
Piperazine
Pyrantel pamoate
Niclosamide
Ivermectin
Choose the true statement regarding Praziquantel
Not used in ocular cysticercosis
Kills only adult worms
Does not cross BBB
DOC for neurocysticercosis
All of the following reduce bioavailability of praziquantel except:
Phenytoin
Carbamazepine
Dexamethasone
Sodium valproate
Drug of choice for visceral larva migrans
Mebendazole
DEC
Albendazole
Ivermectin
Albendazole absorption is enhanced by:
Phenytoin
Dexamethasone
Vancomycin
Tetracycline
