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WorksheetsMajor Antimicrobial Drug Groups
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
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
The drug Cyclovirs stops replication in
Helminthes
Viruses
Protozoa
Fungi
These drugs are effective on a small range of microbes.
medium- spectrum
broad-spectrum
narrow-spectrum
Intermediate or medium spectrum drugs work on Rickettsias.
True
False
Narrow group drugs type 1 work on gram-positive bacteria.
True
False
These drugs are chemically modified in the laboratory after being isolated from natural sources.
synthetic drugs
semi-synthetic drugs
narrow spectrum
broad spectrum
Drugs that are effective against a wide variety of microbial types.
narrow spectrum
broad spectrum
chemotherapeutic
synthetic
A drug formed from filamentous bacteria is
Polymyxin B
Cephalosporins
Streptomycin
Gentamicin
A drug that targets lipopolysaccharides in a gram- negative cell would be considered
Broad spectrum
Narrow spectrum
Selectively Toxic
Broad spectrum and Selectively toxic
Drugs that block protein synthesis would mostly like effect
cell wall
ribosomes
DNA
capsule
Drug that competes with normal substrate for enzyme's active site is
competitive inhibition
synergistic effect
selectively toxic
The effects of a combination of antibiotics are greater than the sum of the effects of the individual antibiotics is
competitive inhibition
synergistic effect
selectively toxic
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