Exam 4 Flashcards
Most of the available antimicrobial agents are effective against:
bacteria
More than half of our antibiotics are produced by:
bacteria
True or false
Penicillin G was isolated from bacterium of the genus Streptomyces.
False
In what way semisynthetic and natural penicillins are alike?
Both have β-lactam ring in its structure
What is false about drug resistance
its found only in gram -
Which of the following antimicrobial agents is recommended for use against fungal infections?
nystatin
What does NOT affect eukaryotic cells?
semisynthetic penicillins
What is phage therapy?
The use of viruses to kill bacteria
What is NOT true about septicemia
It is caused by bacteria being present in the blood or lymph
Which of the following are Gram-positive bacteria?
1. Bacillus
2. Staphylococcus
3. Streptococcus
All
Which of the following is NOT caused by a bacterium?
1. malaria
2. plague
3. tickborne typhus
4. scarlet fever
malaria
Human-to-human transmission of Plague is usually by:
the respiratory route
A characteristic symptom of Bubonic plague is:
swollen lymph nodes
What is considered a zoonosis?
Syphilis
Most dangerous form of anthrax infection:
pulmonary anthrax
Infection with Streptococcus pyogenes can cause all of the following EXCEPT:
buboes
What about mycoplasmal pneumonia is FALSE?
treatment with Penicillin G
Tuberculosis is caused by
Gram-positive bacteria
Which one of the following is NOT a typical symptom of influenza?
diarrhea
The most effective means of preventing influenza is:
annual vaccination
The patient is suffocating because of the accumulation of dead tissue and fibrin in her throat. What is the etiology of the symptoms?
Corynebacterium
A patient has a severe cough due to mucus accumulation and is suspected to have pertussis. What is the etiology of the symptoms?
Bordetella
Which of the following is NOT an intracellular parasite?
1. Chlamydia
2. Neisseria
3. Influenza virus
4. Rickettsia
Neisseria
Mycoplasma infection causes:
Walking pneumonia
True or false
A positive tuberculosis skin test indicates that the patient has active tuberculosis.
False
True or false
Treponema pallidum is a causative agent of Syphilis.
True
Which one of the following is NOT a sexually transmitted pathogen?
1. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
2. Treponema pallidum
3.Chlamydia trachomatis
4. Varicella-Zoster
Varicella-Zoster
What organisms would MOST likely be sensitive to natural penicillin?
Streptococcus pyogenes
Which of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched for Gram reaction?
Neisseria gonorrhoeae – Gram-positive
Which statement is correct concerning penicillin?
1. it inhibits protein synthesis
2.it functions as an enzyme to cleave cell wall peptidoglycan
3. it acts on the cytoplasmic membrane
4.it prevents formation of lipopolysaccharide
5.it prevents crosslinking of peptidoglycan strands
it prevents crosslinking of peptidoglycan strands
Anthrax comes from what bacteria
Bacillus anthracis
Lyme disease comes from what bacteria
Borrelia burgdorferi
Bubonic Plaque comes from what bacteria
Yersinia pestis
Rocky Mountain spotted fever comes from what bacteria
Rickettsia rickettsii
Malaria comes from
Plasmodium falciparum