Antibiotics — Flashcards

Flashcard 421: Cefaclor, Cefoxitin, and Cefuroxime are _____ cephalosporins.

Answer: 2nd generation

Flashcard 422: What is the spectrum of activity for Clindamycin? _____

Answer: Gram positives; anaerobic infections above the diaphragm

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Flashcard 423: Examples of drugs eliminated by zero-order elimination include _____, ethanol, and aspirin (high concentrations)

Answer: phenytoin

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Flashcard 424: Vancomycin-resistant Staph aureus can be treated by _____

Answer: daptomycin

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Flashcard 425: Resistance to Isoniazid can develop due to mutations that lead to underexpression of _____

Answer: KatG

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Flashcard 426: Can you use Daptomycin to treat lung infections? _____

Answer: No

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Flashcard 427: The treatment for rickettsia species is _____

Answer: doxycycline

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Flashcard 428: TMP-SMX are contraindicated in the _____ trimester (pregnancy), due to their effects on folate metabolism

Answer: 1st

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Flashcard 429: Mupirocin is a topical antibiotic that works by inhibiting _____

Answer: isoleucine t-RNA synthetase

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Flashcard 430: Chloramphenicol causes a dose-_____ anemia and a dose-_____ aplastic-anemia

Answer: dependent

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