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1
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What does transglycosylase do?

A

Crosslinks glycan strands and extends chains

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2
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What does transpeptidase do?

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Crosslinks peptide strands

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3
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What does bactoprenol do?

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Forms phosphate bridge with the cell wall precursor so it can be transported to teh outer membrane

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4
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What kind of hydrolases are transpeptidases?

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Serine hydrolases

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5
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Which are the aminoglycosides?

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Streptomycin and gentamycin

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6
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Which is the macrolide?

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Erythromycin

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7
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Which are 30S subunit?

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Tetracycline and streptomycin

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8
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Which are 50S subunit?

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Chloramphenicol and erythromycin

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9
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Which bacteria are aminoglycosides inhibited in?

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Gram -ves

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10
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What is chloramphenicol used to treat?

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Typhus and bacterial meningitis from H influenzae or N meningitidis

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11
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What does fusidic acid used for?

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Skin and eye infections by gram +ves

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12
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Which infections are fluoroquinolones used against?

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UTIs, osteomyelitis, pneumonia, gastroenteritis, anthrax and pseudomonas

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13
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What is rifampin used to treat?

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TB

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14
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What is co-trimoxazole used to treat?

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Pneumocystis

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15
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What is polymixin used to treat?

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Resistant pseudomonas

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16
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What is amphotericin B active against?

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Cryptococcus, aspergillus, candida

17
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What is melarsen used to treat?

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Trypanosoma

18
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What is suramin used to treat?

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Trypanosoma

19
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What does sodium stibogluconate treat?

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Leishmaniasis

20
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What is fansidar used against?

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Plasmodium

21
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What is IFN-alpha-2a used to treat?

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HBV and AIDS Kaposi sarcomas

22
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What is IFN-alpha-2b used to treat?

23
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Which receptors do IFNs act on?

A

Ganglioside

24
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Which active site do A C and D have?

25
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What do B lactamases do?

A

Use zinc to activate a water molecule and add it to the ring

26
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What are vancomycin resistant bacteria called?

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VanA and VanB

27
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Which enzymes do vancomycin resistant bacteria have?

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VanH, VanA and VanX

28
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Which proteins do vancomycin resistant bacteria have?

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VanS and VanR

29
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Which bacteria has lots of efflux transporters?

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Pseudomonas

30
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Which regulon controls MDR in E coli?

31
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What makes up HAART?

A

Protease inhibitor + reverse transcriptase inhibitor

32
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What shows the points where drug efficacies overlap?

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Isobologram

33
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What is dose proportional to with new anticancer agents?

A

Body surface area

34
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What is a phase II trial?

A

Anti-tumour efficacy

35
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What is a phase III trial?

A

Comparison with best available therapy

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