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1. A compound synthesized by bacteria or fungi that destroys or inhibits the growth of other microbes is an |
Antibiotic |
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2. Which statement is NOT in an aim in the use of drugs in antimicrobial chemotherapy? The drugs should |
Be active even in high dilutions |
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3. Microbial resistance to drugs is acquired through |
Conjugation Transformation Transduction (All of these) |
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4. R factors are ______ that contain a code for ______. |
Plasmids, drug resistance |
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5. Went to patients immune system becomes reacted to a drug, this is an example of |
Allergy |
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6. And antibiotic that disrupts the normal flora can cause |
Superinfection |
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7. Most antihelminthic drugs function by |
Weakening the worms so they can be flushed out by the intestine |
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8. Select a drug or drugs that can prevent a viral nucleic acid from being replicated. |
Azidothymidine & acyclovir |
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9. Which of the following effects do antiviral drugs NOT have? |
Killing extracellular viruses Stopping virus synthesis Inhibiting virus maturation Blocking virus receptors |
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10. Which of the following modes of action would be most selectively toxic? |
Preventing cell wall synthesis |
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11. The MIC is the ______ of a drug that is required to inhibit growth of a microbe. |
Smallest concentration |
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12. An antimicrobial drugs with a ______ therapeutic index is a better choice than one with a ______ therapeutic index. |
High, low |
