Antimicrobial Agents — Flashcards

The antibiotic present in both **IPV** and **MMR** vaccines is _____.

Which classes of HAART drugs inhibit HIV reverse transcriptase? _____

Treatment of Mycoplasma pneumoniae includes _____, doxycycline, and fluoroquinolones (levofloxacin, moxifloxacin)

Local, mild infections of Coccidioidomycosis are treated with _____ drugs (e.g., fluconazole)

Hint: what suffix

_____ is an antiprotozoal used exclusively in immunocompetent hosts to treat Cryptosporidium

Systemic (disseminated) infections of _____ are treated with Amphotericin B and Caspofungin

Beta-lactams (ie: penicillin, cephalosporins, etc.) work by halting _____ synthesisvia inhibition of penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) transpeptidase activity

Invasive infections of _____ are treated with azole drugs (ie: Voriconazole)

Hint: which fungus

Fidaxomicin is a macrocyclic antibiotic that works by inhibiting the _____ subunit of RNA polymerase

In _____ regimen, 8 doses of rabies vaccine are given ID on days 0, 3, 7, and 28 into two sites of the individual.