Microbiology: Ch 12 Drugs, Microbes, Host-The Elements Of Chemotherapy

Front 1

1. A compound synthesized by bacteria or fungi that destroys or
inhibits the growth of other microbes is a/an
a. synthetic drug
b. antibiotic
c. antimicrobial drug
d. competitive inhibitor

Back 1

b. antibiotic

Front 2

What was the first disease to be treated with a specific chemical?

Tuberculosis
Syphilis
Bacterial meningitis
Whooping cough
Scarlet fever

Back 2

Syphilis

Front 3

2. Which statement is
not an aim in the use of drugs in antimicrobial
chemotherapy? The drug should
a. have selective toxicity
b. be active even in high dilutions
c. be broken down and excreted rapidly
d. be microbicidal

Back 3

c. be broken down and excreted rapidly

Front 4

Antibiotics

Back 4

A chemical substance from one microorganism that can inhibit or kill another microbe even in minute amounts.

Front 5

3. Microbial resistance to drugs is acquired through
a. conjugation
b. transformation
c. transduction
d. all of these

Back 5

d. all of these

Front 6

The golden age of antibiotics began in 1928 with Sir Alexander Fleming's discovery of an antibacterial compound he called what?

Arsenic
Salvarsan
Sulfonamide
Penicillin
Tetracycline

Back 6

Penicillin

Front 7

4. R factors are that contain a code for .
a. genes, replication
b. plasmids, drug resistance
c. transposons, interferon
d. plasmids, conjugation

Back 7

b. plasmids, drug resistance

Front 8

Broad spectrum

Back 8

A word to denote drugs that affect many different types of bacteria, both grampositive and gram-negative.

Front 9

5. When a patient’s immune system becomes reactive to a drug, this is
an example of
a. superinfection
b. drug resistance
c. allergy
d. toxicity

Back 9

c. allergy

Front 10

Which of the following statements does not characterize the ideal antimicrobial drug?

Microbistatic
Selectively toxic
Safely and easily broken down and excreted by the body
Remain active in the body as long as is needed
Not excessively costly

Back 10

Microbistatic