Antimicrobial Agents — Flashcards

Flashcard 71: DOC for plague is _____

Answer: streptomycin

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Flashcard 72: In _____ regimen, 8 doses of rabies vaccine are given ID on days 0, 3, 7, and 28 into two sites of the individual.

Answer: Updated Thai Red Cross

Flashcard 73: Local, mild infections of Coccidioidomycosis are treated with _____ drugs (e.g., fluconazole)

Answer: -azole

Flashcard 74: Treatment of Mycoplasma pneumoniae includes _____, doxycycline, and fluoroquinolones (levofloxacin, moxifloxacin)

Answer: macrolides (azithromycin, erythromycin)

Flashcard 75: Which classes of HAART drugs inhibit HIV reverse transcriptase? _____

Answer: NRTIs and NNRTIs

Flashcard 76: Fidaxomicin is a macrocyclic antibiotic that works by inhibiting the _____ subunit of RNA polymerase

Answer: sigma

Flashcard 77: Invasive infections of _____ are treated with azole drugs (ie: Voriconazole)

Answer: Aspergillus fumigatus

Flashcard 78: _____ is an antiprotozoal used exclusively in immunocompetent hosts to treat Cryptosporidium

Answer: Nitazoxanide

Flashcard 79: Beta-lactams (ie: penicillin, cephalosporins, etc.) work by halting _____ synthesisvia inhibition of penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) transpeptidase activity

Answer: peptidoglycan

Flashcard 80: _____ can be treated with the macrolide antibiotic spiramycin

Answer: Cryptosporidium