It’s time for your final review, folks! Your studies have led you to this moment, and it’s time to finally put your recently acquired knowledge on the study of microscopic organisms like bacteria and viruses to good use. Think you know enough about the topic of microbiology to pass this final hurdle? All you have to do is answer the questions to find out! Good luck!
Antibiotics
Narrow-spectrum drugs
Semisynthetic drugs
Synthetic drugs
Broad-spectrum drugs
Antibiotics
Narrow-spectrum drugs
Semisynthetic drugs
Synthetic drugs
Broad-spectrum drugs
Low toxicity for human tissues
High toxicity against microbial cells
Do not cause serious side effects in humans
Stable and soluble in body tissues and fluids
All of the choices are correct
Interfere with elongation of peptidoglycan
Are metabolic analogs of PABA and block folic acid synthesis
Attach to the 30S ribosomal subunit and disrupt protein synthesis
Damage cell membranes
Block peptidases that cross-link glycan molecules
Synercid
Penicillinase
Aztreonam
Clavulanic acid
Imipenem
Penicillium
Bacillus
Staphylococcus
Streptomyces
Cephalosporium
Interfere with DNA synthesis
Are metabolic analogs of PABA and block folic acid synthesis
Attach to the 30S ribosomal subunit and disrupt protein synthesis
Damage cell membranes
Block the peptidases that cross-link glycan molecules
Interfere with elongation of peptidoglycan
Are metabolic analogs of PABA and block folic acid synthesis
Attach to the 30S ribosomal subunit and disrupt protein synthesis
Damage cell membranes
Block peptidases that cross-link glycan molecules
A beta-lactam ring
Resistance to the action of penicillinase
A semisynthetic nature
An expanded spectrum of activity
All of the choices are correct
Chloramphenicol
Clindamycin
Ciprofloxacin
Bacitracin
Gentamicin
Nystatin
Griseofulvin
Amphotericin B
Sulfa drugs
Metronidazole
Nystatin
Griseofulvin
Amphotericin B
Sulfa drugs
Metronidazole
Bacterial
Fungal
Protozoan
Helminthic
Virus
Block penetration
Block transcription and translation
Inhibit DNA synthesis
Block maturation
Bond to ergosterol in the cell membrane
Influenza A virus
HIV
Herpes zoster virus
Respiratory syncytial virus
Hepatitis C virus
Bacterial chromosomal mutations
Synthesis of enzymes that alter drug structure
Prevention of drug entry into the cell
Alteration of drug receptors on cell targets
All of the choices are correct
Build up of a drug to toxic levels in the patient
The wrong drug administered to the patient
An immune system reaction to the drug
Decrease in most normal flora with overgrowth of an unaffected species
All of the choices are correct
Determines the patient's response to various antimicrobics
Determines the pathogen's response to various antimicrobics
Determines if normal flora will be affected by antimicrobics
Determines if the drug is increasing to toxic levels in a patient
None of the choices are correct
Giving a narrow spectrum drug
Culturing the pathogen and identifying it
Performing the disk diffusion assay
Using a broad spectrum drug so that the chance of killing the pathogen is greater
Using antiviral and antibiotic drugs in combination
The inability of the drug to diffuse into the infected body compartment
A mixed infection where some of the pathogens are drug resistant
Not completing the full course of treatment
A disk diffusion test showing pathogen sensitivity to the antimicrobic
Diminished gastrointestinal absorption due to an underlying condition or age
Are contagious
Only occur in humans
Are caused by microorganisms or their products
Are caused by vectors
Involve viruses as the pathogen
In food
The patient's own normal flora
On fomites
In the air
Transmitted from one person to another
Before birth, in utero
During, and immediately after birth
When a child first goes to school
When an infant gets its first infectious disease
During puberty
Escherichia
Staphylococcus
Corynebacterium
Micrococcus
Mycobacterium
Streptococcus
Bacteroides
Staphylococcus
Haemophilus
All of the choices are correct
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