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1
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Who is the father of chemotherapy?

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Paul Ehrlich

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Paul Ehrlich coined the term Selective toxicity and Chemotherapy. Explain them in your own words.

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  • Selective toxicity only effect on the microbes inhabiting the host.
  • Chemotherapy is treatment of infectious disease.
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What is the mode of action of penicillin?

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It infiltrates the cell-wall-building-enzyme and able to do so due to it’s same morphology.

this enzyme is known as cross linking transpeptidase/Penicillin Binding Protein.

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Penicillin G and Penicillin V are Natural Penicillins. What is the character of Natural Penicillin?

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  • Narrow spectrum
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Where is Penicillin V administer?

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Orally

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Where is Penicillin G administer?

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Intravenously

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7
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Methicillin, Nafcillin, and Isoxazolyl is a?

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Penicillinase resistant

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Aminopenicillins are? , and is partnered to?

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Amoxicillin + Clavulanic acid
Ampicillin + Sulbactam
Pipercillin + Tazobactam
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- Amoxicillin has a better GI absorption than Ampicillin
- Clavulanic acid is isolated from streptomyces clavuligeris
- Tazobactam is a more potent inhibitor that has broader spectrum than Clavulanic

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9
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Define broad spectrum

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Could be used to treat variety of bacteria, gram positive and gram negative.

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Carboxypenicillins and Ureidopenicillins are Extended Spectrum Penicillins. (A) Which one has a special advantage against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and (B) which one is made from modification of ampicillin structure?

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Carboxypenicillins (A)
Ureidopenicillin (B)

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Which generation of Cephalosporins has great effect on Enterococci and Pseudomonas but has has limited effect on gram negative?

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Third generation

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Which generation is effective against MRSA? *also what is the meaning of MRSA

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Fifth generation; Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus

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What is the substitution to the third generation of Cephalosporins?

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Cefuroxime

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14
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Aztreonam and Tigemonam are both Monobactam?
Which one is the first member of the new class of antibiotics?

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Aztreonam

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15
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Aztreonam has a magic bullet for what family of bacteria?

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Pseudomonas

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16
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Polypeptide antibiotics is known for their excellency against aerobic and anaerobe gram___ bacteria?

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gram positive

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17
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In polypeptide antibiotics, which one causes redman’s syndrome, Vancomycin or Bacitranin?

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Vacomycin

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18
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What does mycobacteria contains that enables them to resist decolorization from (add) + (add) ?

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Contains Mycolic acid

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19
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It inhibits the synthesis of mycolic acid?

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Isoniazid

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20
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Aminoglycosides binds to (add) are broad spectrum in which aa are linked by glycosidic bonds. What is its mode of action?

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Mismatches codons and anticodons which leads to faulty protein programing.

add: 30’s ribosomes

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21
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“micin” is isolated from?

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Micromonospora

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22
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Tetracycline is known to bind in _______. It has four fused ring with a system of ______.

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30s ribosomal; system of conjugated double system

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23
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Macrolides and Lincosamides binds to ___ ribosomal. Lincomides resembles _____. Common characteristics of Macolides is large lactone ring, ketone group, and glycosidically linked amino sugar. Their mode of action is to block _________?

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Macrolides and Lincosamides binds to 50s ribosomal.
Lincomides resembles sulfanamides ( sulfamethoxazole).
Their MOA block is to peptide bond

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24
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Is the magic bullet for Pseudomonas?

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Aztreonam

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25
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Streptomyces Cattleya?

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Thienamycin

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26
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Cefuroxime substituted the ________?

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third generation of cephalosporins

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27
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Where is Clavulanic acid isolated from?

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Streptomyces clavuligeris

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28
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Ureidopenicillis is made from modification of____?

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ampicillin’s structure

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29
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What are the Penicillinase inhibitors?

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  • Clavulanic acid
  • Sulbactam
  • Tazobactam
30
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Primarily against Gram-positive bacteria?

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Generation 1

31
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POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTICS: Vacomycin adverse effect is?

A

Redman’s syndrome

32
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Macrolide cures (add) from (add). It binds to 50s and has the same MOA to Lincosamides, what is that?

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Inhibits peptide bonds

33
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Is the treatment for Typhoid fever (Salmonella typhi). Isolated from Streptomyces Venezeulae?

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Chloramphenicol

34
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Choramphenicol is associated to?

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Baby Blue Syndrome, Bone marrow suppression, and Aplastic Anemia

35
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50s: Streptogramins is the treatment against VRSA, MRSA, VRE. Where is Vancomycin isolated from?

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Streptomyces orientalis

36
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What is the treatment against MRSA, VRE, VRSA?

A

50s: Streptogramins

37
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Daptomycin injures Plasma Membrane and isolated from Streptomyces roseosporus. WHO removed it from?

A

Essential list medicines in 2019

38
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What is the mode of action of sulfanamides(sulfamethoxazole) and Sulfone(Dapsone)?

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It inhibits PABA an enzyme that synthesize dihydrofolic acid; and it can due to its the same morphology.

39
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Trimetethoprim blocks the ______?

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tetrahydrofolic synthesizing enzyme

40
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what blocks the tetrahydrofolic synthesizing enzyme?

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Trimethoprim

41
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Stops the incorporation of the mycolic acid?

A

Ethambutol

42
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A slow growing bacteria and is also known as Hansen’s disease?

43
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IMPORATANT METABOLITES: If sulfanamides can inhibits the dihydrofolic and tetradirofolic, then what inhibits the folic acid?

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Sulfone(Dapsone)

44
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What does azoles do?

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blocks the synthesis of ergosterol

45
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Polyenes mode of action?

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Binds to ergosterol

46
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Azoles mode of action?

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Inhibits synthesizing Ergosterol

47
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Ampicillin is believed to bind to ______?

A

sterol membrane

48
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Absorption is increased with fatty acids?

A

Griseofulvin

48
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GRISEOFULVIN is known to _____?

A

increase activity with the use of fatty acid

49
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What PBP is responsible for the septum formation?

50
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What PBP enzyme is responsible for peptidoglycan synthesis?

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PBA 1a & 1b

51
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What PBP enzyme is responsible for maintenance the bacteria’s cell shape?

52
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What PBP is responsible for the hydrolysis of D alanine?

53
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interferes with the formation of the initiation complex between 30s and 50s subunits.

A

Oxazolidinone

54
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Isolated from Streptomyces roseosporus?

A

Daptomycin

55
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Crystalluria, Steven-Johnson syndrome, Kernicterus, and Anemia is the adverse effects of?

A

Sulfonamides

56
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What is the treatment for pneumocystis pnuemonia (common for aids)?

A

pentamidine isethionate

57
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/Tolnaftate/ is the alternative treatment for Athlete’s foot

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What is the alternative treatment for the athlete’s foot?

58
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ANTIPOTOZOAL AGENTS: The widely used antiprotozoal drugs is?

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Metronidazole

59
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ANTIPROZOAL: Trypanosoma cruzi causes?

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American sleeping sickness (Chaga’s disease)

60
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/Nifutimox and Benzidazole/ is the treatment for American Sleeping disease caused by trypa cruzi

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What is the treatment for American Sleeping disease?

61
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T. brucei causes African Sleeping sickness.
A. T. brucei gambiense - Western and Central African Sleeping sickness
B. T. brucei rhodesiense - Eastern and Southern African Sleeping sickeness

A

Match the ff:
Eastern A. T. brucei gambiense
Central B. T. brucei rhodesiense
Southern
Western

62
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Increases the membrane permeability to calcium contraction vacuolization parasite death

A

Paraziquantel

add: treats most of the platyhelminths cestodes caused disease…the taenia’s

63
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Protease inhibitors are:
- Saquinavir
- Ritonavir
- Indinavir
- Atazanavir
- Nelfinavir
- Fosamprenavir

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Saquinavir, Ritonavir, Indinavir, Atazanavir, Nelfinavir, Fosamprenavir

64
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/Melarsoprol/ is the treatment for T. Brucei

A

What is the treatment for T. Brucei?

65
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terminal prophylaxis for travelers from area where P. vivax and P. ovale are endemic.

A

Primaquine

66
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Recommended prophylaxis for travelers in malaria-endemic areas without examination for P. falciparum chloroquine resistance.

A

Mefloquine and Atovaquone-proguanil

67
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DOC in P. Falciparum which is administered orally and IV.

Quinidine Gluconate and Quinidine sulfate

A

Quinidine Gluconate (oral)
Quinidine Sulfate (IV)

68
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Quinidine sulfate is administered as?

69
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Quinidine gluconate is administered as?

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