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18 Cards in this Set
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What happens to serum potassium levels when diabetic ketoacidosis is reversed?
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It drops significantly.
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What drug is used to dissolve small, non-calcified, radiolucent cholesterol gallstones?
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Ursodiol
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What antibiotic class inhibits protein synthesis?
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Tetracyclines (used for UTI, PID & lyme)
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What antibiotic classes inhibits bacterial cell wall synthesis?
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Penicillins & Cephalosporins
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What antibiotic class inhibits DNA gyrase?
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Quinolones (used against e.Coli, Proteus & gonorrhea)
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What antibiotic inhibits ergosterol synthesis?
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Miconazole
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What antibiotic inhibits DNA synthesis after conversion by thymidine kinase?
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Acyclovir (used against Herpes, VZV)
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What antibiotic class can damage teeth & bones in a fetus?
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Tetracyclines chelate with calcium.
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What other abdominal organ is associated with PID?
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Liver. Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome is perihepatitis associated with PID.
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What syndrome is associated with "violin strings between liver & diaphragm"?
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Fitz-Hugh-Curtis
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What is the only treatment for trichomoniasis?
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Metronidazole (Flagyl)
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What antibiotic inhibits DNA synthesis?
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Metronidazole (used against anaerobic bacteria)
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What are the side effects of Metronidazole?
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increased anticoagulence of Warfarin & interaction with alcohol
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What antibiotic binds to the 50s subunit of bacterial ribosomes?
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Chloramphenicol
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What antibioic blocks cross-linking N-acetyl muramic acid backbone via D-ala-D-ala connections?
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Vancomycin
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What antibiotic class inhibits DNA-dependent RNA polymerase?
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Rifamycins
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What organism produces blue-green stained sputum? (yuck!)
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Pseudomona aeruginosa
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What serum test is used to confirm the diagnosis of diabetic ketoacidosis (vs hyperosmolar hyperglycemic nonketotic syndrome)?
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serum ketones
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