MCQ Book Questions

Q55674. A man has an Escherichia coli bacteremia with a low-grade fever (101.6°F). Appropriate management of his fever would be

Q55675. Superinfections are more common with

Q55676. Select the antibiotic whose dose must be reduced in patients with renal insufficiency

Q55677. Which antimicrobial should be avoided in patients of liver disease ?

Q55678. What is break point concentration of an antibiotic ?

Q55679. Which type of antimicrobial drug combination is most likely to exhibit antagonism ?

Q55680. Indicate the sulfonamide whose sodium salt yields a nearly neutral solution which is suitable for topical use in the eye

Q55681. Sulfamethoxypyridazine and other related long acting sulfonamides have now gone into disuse because

Q55682. Which of the following is not true of sulfonamides ?

Q55683. Adverse effects of ciprofloxacin are referable primarily to the following except

Q55684. A single oral dose of the following drug can cure most cases of uncomplicated gonorrhoea

Q55685. Which fluoroquinolone has markedly enhanced activity against gram positive bacteria and anaerobes ?

Q55686. A woman has an upper respiratory in- fection. Six years ago, she experienced an episode of bronchospasm follwing penicillin V therapy. The cultures now reveal a strain of streptococcus pneumo- niae that is sensitive to all of the follow- ing drugs. Which of these drugs would be the best choice for this patient?

Q55687. Important microbiological features of ciprofloxacin include the following except

Q55688. Currently the drug of choice for emperic treatment of typhoid fever is

Q55689. In the treatment of typhoid fever, ciprof- loxacin has the following advantage(s)

Q55690. Penicillins interfere with bacterial cell wall synthesis by

Q55691. All of the following drugs are suitable oral therapy for a lower urinary tract infection due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa except

Q55692. Gram negative organisms are largely insensitive to benzyl penicillin because

Q55693. The penicillin G preparation with the longest duration of action is