MCQ Book Questions

Q55634. Which one of the following statements about cefotetan is accurate?

Q55635. A patient needs antibiotic treatment for native valve, culture-positive infective enterococcal endocarditis. His medical history includes a severe anaphylactic reaction to penicillin G during the past year. The best approach would be treatment with

Q55636. This drug has activity against many strains of Pseudomomas aeruginosa. However, when it is used alone, resistance has emerged during the course of treatment. The drug should not be used in penicillin- allergic patients. Its activity against gram- negative rods is enhanced if it is given in combination with tazobactam

Q55637. Which of the following statements about vancomycin is accurate?

Q55638. Which one of the following statements about ampicillin is false?

Q55639. The mechanism of antibacterial action of tetracycline involves

Q55640. Clarithromycin and erythromycin have very similar spectrums of antimicrobial activity. The major advantage of clarithromytcin is that it

Q55641. The primary mechanism underlying the resistance of gram-positive organisms to macrolide antibiotics is

Q55642. The appearance of markedly vacuolated, nucleated red cells in the marrow, anemia, and reticulocytopenia are characteristic dose-dependent side effects of

Q55643. In a patient with culture-positive entero- coccal endocarditis who has failed to respond to vancomycin because of resistance, the treatment most likely to be effective is

Q55644. All of the following factors may increase the risk of nephrotoxicity from gentamicin therapy except

Q55645. Which one of the following antibiotics is likely to be most effective agent in the treatment of an infection due to enterococci if used in conjuction with penicillin G?

Q55646. Regarding the antibacterial action of gentamicin, which one of the following statements is most accurate?

Q55647. Which one of the following drugs is most likely to be effective against multidrug – resistant strains of M tuberculosis, including those resistant to streptomycin?

Q55648. Sterptomycin has no useful activity in the treatment of

Q55649. Your 23-year-old female patient is pregnant and has gonorrhea. The past medical history includes anaphylaxis following exposure to amoxicillin. Worried about compliance, you would like to treat this patient with a singly dose, so you chose

Q55650. In the empiric treatment of severe bacterial infections of unidentified entiology, this drug, often used in combination with an aminoglycoside, provides coverage against many staphylococci

Q55651. Which one of the following statements about “one daily” dosing with aminogly- cosides is false ?

Q55652. Regarding the recently introduced lipid formulation of amphotericin B, which one of the following statements is accurate?

Q55653. Which one of the following antimicrobial drugs does not require supplementation of dosage following hemodialysis?