Clinical Uses of Antibiotics

Question 1

Obtain specimens for testing before ______________

Answer 1

administering antibiotics

Question 2

Hospital publish a yearly report of commonly found bacteria and the drugs that they are susceptible, called an _________.

Answer 2

antibiogram

Question 3

Broth tests find _________.

Answer 3

the MIC

Question 4

MBC is the concentration that kills ________.

Answer 4

99.9% of the bacteria

Question 5

Bactericidal drugs have MBCs that are roughly ________.

Answer 5

equal to their MICs

Question 6

Bacteriostatic drugs have MBCs that are __________.

Answer 6

roughly four times their MICs

Question 7

Kirby-Bauer assays are ________.

Answer 7

the disk tests

Question 8

Antibiotic susceptibility tests do not adjust for _________.

Answer 8

site of infection, infections in abscesses (that require surgical intervention), host immune status, and other host factors (such as pH)

Question 9

Sulfonamides displace ___________.

Answer 9

bilirubin from albumin

Question 10

_______ is inactivated by pulmonary surfactant.

Answer 10

Daptomycin