Antimicrobial Therapy and infection control

Question 1

Do Glycopeptides treat Gram ve- or Gram Ve + or both

Answer 1

positive

Question 2

Do quinolones treat Gram ve- or Gram Ve + or both

Answer 2

both

Question 3

Do tetracyclines treat Gram ve- or Gram Ve + or both

Answer 3

both

Question 4

Do macrolides treat Gram ve- or Gram Ve + or both

Answer 4

mostly positive
some negative

Question 5

Do aminoglycosides treat Gram ve- or Gram Ve + or both

Answer 5

negative

Question 6

Do penicillins treat Gram ve- or Gram Ve + or both

Answer 6

positive and negative cocci

Question 7

Do cephalosporins treat Gram ve- or Gram Ve + or both

Answer 7

both

Question 8

Do carbapenems treat Gram ve- or Gram Ve + or both

Answer 8

both

Question 9

Do lincosamides treat Gram ve- or Gram Ve + or both

Answer 9

positive

Question 10

Do sulfonamides treat Gram ve- or Gram Ve + or both

Answer 10

both

Question 11

Does isoniazid treat Gram ve- or Gram Ve + or both

Answer 11

both

Question 12

What are the current challenges with antimicrobial resistance (4)

Answer 12

Resistance plasmids can bring about:
1. Antibiotic degrading enzyme
2. Antibiotic-altering enzyme
3. antibiotic efflux pump - spits antibiotic back out of the cell
4. Destruction of antibiotics

Question 13

What are the mechanisms of resistance (4)

Answer 13

1. innate resistance
2. altered targets
3. destruction of antibiotic
4. efflux pumps