Antibiotics II test

Question 1

neuropathy

Answer 1

disease or dysfunction of one or more peripheral nerves, typically causing numbness or weakness.

Question 2

jaundice

Answer 2

yellow discoloration of the skin and of body tissues and fluids resulting from abnormally high levels of bilirubin in the blood; common symptom when drugs cause liver damage

Question 3

photosensitive

Answer 3

having a chemical, electrical, or other response to light.

Question 4

nephrotoxic

Answer 4

toxic to the kidneys

Question 5

hepatotoxic

Answer 5

toxic to the liver

Question 6

helicobacter pylori

Answer 6

causes a chronic low-level inflammation of the stomach lining and is strongly linked to the development of duodenal and gastric ulcers and stomach cancer.

Question 7

chemoprophylaxis

Answer 7

the use of drugs to prevent disease.

Question 8

clostridium dificile

Answer 8

a species of Gram-positive bacteria of the genus Clostridium that causes diarrhea and other intestinal disease when competing bacteria are wiped out by antibiotics.