The following is a dihydropeptidase inhibitor added to imipenem to protect it from inactivation:
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7%
Sulbactam
7%
Tiecoplanin
86%
Cilastatin
0%
Vancomycin
Select the 3rd generation cephalosporin that can be used safely in patients with renal impairment:
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88%
Ceftriaxone
6%
Cifoxitin
0%
Cefazoline
6%
Carbenicillin
A 66 years old male patient known to be diabetic and hypertensive. was admitted to the hospital with bronchopneumonia; culture revealed Pseudomonas infection. Select the most appropriate b-lactam antimicrobials with antipseudomonal activity.
Aminoglycosides have the following unwanted effects:
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0%
Pancytopenia
89%
Ototoxicity, nephrotoxicity
11%
Hepatotoxic
0%
Imitation of gastrointestinal mucosa
Cariaxone has all the following attributes EXCEPT:
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50%
is classified as a cell wall inhibitor
0%
It can cause thrombophlebitis if given IV
20%
It has attained high cure rates in multi resistant typhoid infections
30%
It penetrates CSF poorly and therefore not effective in meningitis
Teicoplanin has the following feature(s):
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33%
Antimicrobial activity and indications similar to vancomycin
17%
Long elimination half-life
0%
Efficacy in systemic infections by oral route
50%
Both 'A' and 'B' are correct
Cloxacillin is indicated in infections caused by the following organism(S):
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43%
Staphylococci
7%
Streptococci
0%
Gonococci
50%
All of the above
Chloramphenicol produces its antibacterial action by the following mechanism:
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23%
a) Inhibits bacterial cell wall synthesis
0%
Inhibits DNA gyrase enzyme
77%
c) Inhibits bacterial protein synthesis
0%
Inhibits folic acid synthesis
Which of the following antimicrobials inhibits protein synthesis through binding to 50S ribosomal subunits?
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15%
Gentamycin
69%
Erythromycin
8%
Tetracycline
8%
Amoxycillin
34) All the following antimicrobials produce inhibition of HME Except:
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25%
Erythromycin
25%
Chloramphenicol
33%
Azithromycin
17%
Ciprofloxacin
35) Cholestatic jaundice is a possible adverse effect of:
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39%
Brythromycin
24%
Vancomycin
25%
Chloramphenicol
12%
Streptomycin
Which of the following is 1st generation quinolone?
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0%
Ofloxacin
31%
Ciprofloxacin
56%
Nalidixic acid
13%
Levofloxacin
43) Quinolones produce their actions by inhibiting which of the following enzymes?
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64%
DNA gyrase
0%
Transpeptidase
29%
Dihydroptroate synthetase
7%
Dihydropeptidase
The aminoglycoside that can be used in amoebiasis is:
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25%
Paromomycin
42%
Streptomycin
33%
Amikacin
0%
Netilmicin
Streptomycin sulfate is not absorbed orally because it is:
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14%
Degraded by gastrointestinal enzymes
29%
Destroyed by gastric acid
50%
Highly ionized at a wide range of pH values
7%
Insoluble in water
Which one of the following antibiotics is a potent inhibitor of hepatic drug-metabolizing enzymes?
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8%
Streptomycin
69%
Erythromycin
23%
Rifampin
0%
Tetracycline
Which of the following is a broad-spectrum bactericidal antibiotic that inhibit bacterial protein synthesis:
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18%
Cephalosporins
9%
Ampicillin
59%
Azithromycin
14%
Ofloxacin
1. The following condition forms a breast mass that may be histologically mistaken for a tumor:
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76%
a) Traumatic fat necrosis
5%
b) Apocrine metaplasia
14%
c) Usual ductal hyperplasia
5%
d) Adenosis
2 These tumors are benign epithelial tumors of the breast EXCEPT:
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10%
a) Fibroadenoma
57%
b) Pleomorphic adenoma
10%
c) Benign phylloides tumor
24%
d) Duct papilloma
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