MCQ Book Questions

Q55654. The persistent suppression of bacterial growth that may occur following limited exposure to some antimicrobial drugs is called

Q55655. In which of the following groups do all four drugs warrant careful monitoring for drug- related seizures in high-risk patients?

Q55656. Which one of the following antibiotics is a potent inducer of hepatic drug-metabolizing enzymes?

Q55657. Beta – lactamase production by strains of Haemophilus influenzae, Moraxella catarrhalis, and Neissera gonorrhoeae confers resistance against penicillin G. which one of the following antibiotics is most likely to be effective against all strains of each of the above organisms?

Q55658. A 19-year-old woman with recurrent sinusitis has been treated with different antibiotics on several occasions. During the course of one such treatment she developed a severe diarrhea and was hospitalized. Sigmoidoscopy revealed colitis, and pseudomembranes, were confirmed histologically. Which of the following drugs, administered orally, is most likely to be effective in the treatment of colitis due to C difficile?

Q55659. Bleomycin is used in most effective drug combination regiment for the chemother- apy of testicular carcinoma. Which one of the following statements about the drug is accurate?

Q55660. A high school student presents with head- ache, fever, and cough of 2 day’s dura- tion. Sputum is scant and nonpurulent and a Gram stain reveals many white cells but no organisms. Since this patient appears to have atypical pneumonia. You should initiate treatment with

Q55661. Chloramphenicol is particularly effective in the treatment of

Q55662. An advantage of bleomycin over most antineoplastic drugs is its

Q55663. The drug of choice for scarlet fever is

Q55664. An advantge of betamethasone acetate over betamethasone sodium phosphate is

Q55665. Cyclosporine is used for

Q55666. The plasma half life of pencillin-G is longer in the new born because their

Q55667. Choose the correct statement about the role of opioid antimotility drugs in the management of diarrhoeas

Q55668. Spectinomycin is an aminoglycoside-like antibiotic indicated for the treatment of

Q55669. Select the antibiotic with a high therapeutic index

Q55670. Which of the following organisms is notorious for developing antimicrobial resistance rapidly ?

Q55671. Widespread and prolonged used of an antibiotic leads to emergence of drug resistant strains because antibiotics

Q55672. Of the following which is the most important mechanism of concurrent acquisition of multidrug resistance among bacteria ?

Q55673. Methicillin resistant staphylococci do not respond to β-lactam antibiotics because