GMS6540 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS
Gentamycin
Which of the following is an aminoglycoside?
Penicillin
With which drug would na aminoglycoside be synergistic?
Gentamycin
Hearing loss as a side effect is most common with which drug?
Tetracycline
Which drug is active against Gram positive bacteria as well as mycoplasma?
Azithromycin
Which macrolide would be expected to have better patient compliance when taken
orally?
Doxycycline
Which antibiotic may, in some cases, exert its effect inside of human cells?
Clindamycin
An ambulance brings in a patient that is in a non-responsive patient suffering from
sepsis due to a S. aureus infection. You go to administer amoxicillin but notice that they
are wearing a medical bracelet saying that they are allergic to penicillins. Which drug is
the most likely alternative to be used for this patient?
The drug is clear slower from babies than in adults
, Which mechanism best describes the cause of gray baby syndrome in the use of
chloramphenicol?
Replication
What part of the bacterial life cycle is most strongly inhibited by ciprofloxacin?
Aerobic
In general, do we a have more drug options for treating aerobic or anaerobic bacterial
infections?
Decrease
Would isoniazid be expected to increase or decrease the activity of drug metabolizing
enzymes toward other drugs?
Patient B
Two patients that are identical in every way except that one is a slow acetylator and the
other is a fast acetylator of isoniazid are being trated for tuberculosis. Patient A is
receiving 15 mg/kg once per week and Patient B is receiving 15 mg/kg three times per
week. Which patient is the fast acetylator?
Transcription
Which bacterial cell function is most directly inhibited by rifampin?
To prevent resistance
What is the primary reason that treatment for mycoplasma infection involves many
drugs taken simultaneously?
Pyrazinamide
SOLUTIONS
Gentamycin
Which of the following is an aminoglycoside?
Penicillin
With which drug would na aminoglycoside be synergistic?
Gentamycin
Hearing loss as a side effect is most common with which drug?
Tetracycline
Which drug is active against Gram positive bacteria as well as mycoplasma?
Azithromycin
Which macrolide would be expected to have better patient compliance when taken
orally?
Doxycycline
Which antibiotic may, in some cases, exert its effect inside of human cells?
Clindamycin
An ambulance brings in a patient that is in a non-responsive patient suffering from
sepsis due to a S. aureus infection. You go to administer amoxicillin but notice that they
are wearing a medical bracelet saying that they are allergic to penicillins. Which drug is
the most likely alternative to be used for this patient?
The drug is clear slower from babies than in adults
, Which mechanism best describes the cause of gray baby syndrome in the use of
chloramphenicol?
Replication
What part of the bacterial life cycle is most strongly inhibited by ciprofloxacin?
Aerobic
In general, do we a have more drug options for treating aerobic or anaerobic bacterial
infections?
Decrease
Would isoniazid be expected to increase or decrease the activity of drug metabolizing
enzymes toward other drugs?
Patient B
Two patients that are identical in every way except that one is a slow acetylator and the
other is a fast acetylator of isoniazid are being trated for tuberculosis. Patient A is
receiving 15 mg/kg once per week and Patient B is receiving 15 mg/kg three times per
week. Which patient is the fast acetylator?
Transcription
Which bacterial cell function is most directly inhibited by rifampin?
To prevent resistance
What is the primary reason that treatment for mycoplasma infection involves many
drugs taken simultaneously?
Pyrazinamide
