Antimicrobial Agents — Flashcards

Apart from Benzathine penicillin, treatment of syphilis can also be done with: _____ 100mg bd for 14 days

Apart from Benzathine penicillin, treatment of syphilis can also be done with: _____ 500mg qid for 14 days

Griseofulvin inhibits the function of _____, resulting in metaphase arrest of cellular division

Clindamycin treats anaerobic bugs like _____ and Clostridium perfringens above the diaphragm

In enterococcal endocarditis, _____ is indicated along with penicillin

The recommended drugs for P. vivax co-infection in COVID-19 is _____ and primaquine.

Among aminoglycoside, _____ has the highest and tobramycin has the least nephrotoxicity.

Aminoglycosides bind the _____ ribosomal subunit, irreversibly inhibiting formation of the initiation complex

Rifampicin _____ once a month + dapsone 100mg daily + clofazimine 300mg once a month and 50 mg daily is used to treat leprosy in adults and children older than 14 years

_____ inhibitors prevent transcription of ssRNA into dsDNA thereby inhibiting viral replication