WEEK 3 STUDY GUIDE
Chapter 24: Drugs Used in Treating Infectious Diseases
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1. Factors that place a patient at risk of developing an antimicrobial resistant organism
include:
A.
Age over 50 years
B.
School attendance
C.
Travel within the United States
D.
Inappropriate use of antimicrobials
D
____ 2. Infants and young children are at higher risk of developing antibiotic-resistant
infections due to:
A.
Developmental differences in pharmacokinetics of the antibiotics in children
B.
Children this age are more likely to be in daycare and exposed to pathogens from other children
C.
Parents of young children insist on preventive antibiotics so they don’t miss work when their
child is sick
D.
Immunosuppression from the multiple vaccines they receive in the first 2 years of life
B
____ 3. Providers should use an antibiogram when prescribing. An antibiogram is:
A.
The other name for the Centers for Disease Control guidelines for prescribing antibiotics
B.
An algorithm used for prescribing antibiotics for certain infections
C.
, The reference also known as the Pink Book, published by the Centers for Disease Control
D.
A chart of the local resistance patterns to antibiotics developed by laboratories
D
____ 4. There is often cross-sensitivity and cross-resistance between penicillins and
cephalosporins due to:
A.
Similar renal excretion of both classes of drugs
B.
When these drug classes are metabolized in the liver they both produce resistant enzymes
C.
Both drug classes contain a beta-lactam ring that is vulnerable to beta-lactamase producing
organisms
D.
There is not an issue with cross-resistance between the penicillins and cephalosporins
C
____ 5. Jonathan has been diagnosed with strep throat and needs a prescription for an
antibiotic. He says the last time he had penicillin he developed a red, blotchy rash. The
appropriate antibiotic to prescribe would be:
A.
Penicillin VK, since his rash does not sound like a serious rash
B.
Amoxicillin
C.
Cefadroxil (Duricef)
D.
Erythromycin
D
____ 6. Sarah is a 25-year-old female who is 8 weeks pregnant and has a urinary tract
infection. What would be the appropriate antibiotic to prescribe for her?
A.
Ciprofloxacin (Cipro)
B.
Amoxicillin (Trimox)
C.
Doxycycline
D.
Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (Septra)
Chapter 24: Drugs Used in Treating Infectious Diseases
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1. Factors that place a patient at risk of developing an antimicrobial resistant organism
include:
A.
Age over 50 years
B.
School attendance
C.
Travel within the United States
D.
Inappropriate use of antimicrobials
D
____ 2. Infants and young children are at higher risk of developing antibiotic-resistant
infections due to:
A.
Developmental differences in pharmacokinetics of the antibiotics in children
B.
Children this age are more likely to be in daycare and exposed to pathogens from other children
C.
Parents of young children insist on preventive antibiotics so they don’t miss work when their
child is sick
D.
Immunosuppression from the multiple vaccines they receive in the first 2 years of life
B
____ 3. Providers should use an antibiogram when prescribing. An antibiogram is:
A.
The other name for the Centers for Disease Control guidelines for prescribing antibiotics
B.
An algorithm used for prescribing antibiotics for certain infections
C.
, The reference also known as the Pink Book, published by the Centers for Disease Control
D.
A chart of the local resistance patterns to antibiotics developed by laboratories
D
____ 4. There is often cross-sensitivity and cross-resistance between penicillins and
cephalosporins due to:
A.
Similar renal excretion of both classes of drugs
B.
When these drug classes are metabolized in the liver they both produce resistant enzymes
C.
Both drug classes contain a beta-lactam ring that is vulnerable to beta-lactamase producing
organisms
D.
There is not an issue with cross-resistance between the penicillins and cephalosporins
C
____ 5. Jonathan has been diagnosed with strep throat and needs a prescription for an
antibiotic. He says the last time he had penicillin he developed a red, blotchy rash. The
appropriate antibiotic to prescribe would be:
A.
Penicillin VK, since his rash does not sound like a serious rash
B.
Amoxicillin
C.
Cefadroxil (Duricef)
D.
Erythromycin
D
____ 6. Sarah is a 25-year-old female who is 8 weeks pregnant and has a urinary tract
infection. What would be the appropriate antibiotic to prescribe for her?
A.
Ciprofloxacin (Cipro)
B.
Amoxicillin (Trimox)
C.
Doxycycline
D.
Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (Septra)
