WorksheetsAntimicrobial Agents
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 7mins
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
Penicillin targets what molecule in cell wall synthesis?
Cholesterol
Lipids
Peptidoglycan
Transmembrane receptors
Which of these antimicrobials would be used to treat a fungal infection?
Aminoglycoside
Polymyxin
Ketoconazole
Vancomycin
All of these are common ways in which antimicrobial drugs affect cells except for:
inhibit cell wall synthesis
inhibit protein synthesis
injury of plasma membrane
denature proteins
Select the disease which can be treated with antibiotics.
Cold
Influenza
COVID 19
Bacterial infection
This antibiotic has five generations.
penicillin
cephalosporin
tetracyclines
quinolones
What antibiotic is only recommended for adults due to risk of multiple serious side effect?
macrolides
lincomycins
aminoglycosides
fluoroquinolones
Lincomycins is not effective against ___________.
gram positive aerobes
gram positive anaerobes
gram negative aerobes
gram negative anaerobes
(a) are new generation of antibiotic formulated against macrolide bacterial resistance
(a) are known as the last-line agent to help prevent resistance.
Tetracyclines can cause this serious side effect.
formation of kideney stones
abnormal blood clotting
sensitivity to sunlight
blood disorder
Anti fungal targets the __________ of the cell.
cell membrane
ribosome
capsule
two of the above
What antifungal agent makes the fungal cell wall more porous?
azoles
Polyenes
Allylamines
Echinocandins
An antifungal that prevent the fungi from making nucleic acids and proteins.
Anidulafungin
Flucytosine
Griseofulvin
Nystatin
True of virus, except?
reproduce only inside a living host
have receptors for attachment
always cause serious symptoms
microscopic organism
Antivirals are effective agents to kill viruses.
true
false
Which of the following is an antiprotozoal agent?
Nifuratel
Tinidazole
Fluconazole
two of the above
It is an antiprotozoal agent that can also be used for treating bacterial infection.
metronidazole
tinidazole
ketoconazole
A broad spectrum antimicrobial
is active against only gram positive bacterial cells
is active against only gram negative bacterial cells
is active against both gram negative and gram positive bacterial cells
is effective only against mycobacteria
