Antimicrobial Agents — Flashcards

Flashcard 261: _____ with Streptomycin are used to treat the plague caused by Yersinia pestis

Answer: Doxycycline

Flashcard 262: Strongyloides stercoralis is treated with _____ or ivermectin

Answer: albendazole

Flashcard 263: Apart from Benzathine penicillin, treatment of syphilis can also be done with: _____ 100mg bd for 14 days

Answer: doxycycline

Flashcard 264: CMV can gain resistance to ganciclovir via mutations in the _____ gene or its DNA polymerase

Answer: UL-97

Flashcard 265: Clindamycin treats _____ infections (e.g., aspiration pneumonia) above the diaphragm

Answer: anaerobic

Extra: Mnemonic: **Cl**indamycin for anaerobes **Above** the diaphragm; **M**etronidazole for anaerobes **Below** the diaphragm (e.g., *B. fragilis*).

Flashcard 266: The recommended drugs for P. vivax co-infection in COVID-19 is _____ and primaquine.

Answer: chloroquine

Flashcard 267: Griseofulvin inhibits the function of _____, resulting in metaphase arrest of cellular division

Answer: microtubules

Flashcard 268: _____ is an irreversible β-lactamase inhibitor that is combined with piperacillin (antipseudomonal penicillin) (Zosyn).

Answer: Tazobactam

Flashcard 269: The Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccine is a _____ vaccine conjugated to a protein carrier (e.g., tetanus toxoid)

Answer: capsular polysaccharide

Flashcard 270: For Malaria Chemoprophylaxis: Duration of travel is _____ than 6 weeks then mefloquine 250mg once a week can be started 2 weeks before travel and continued atleast 4 weeks after travel.

Answer: more