test 1

Question 1

loa loa

Answer 1

eye worm, skin swelling

txt with diethylcarbamazine

Question 2

which infection may mimic peptic ulcer

Answer 2

strongyloides stercolis …. vomiting diarrhea epigastric pain
txt with ivermectin, bendazole

Question 3

pt migrates from seira leone ,,, has fever chills headache ,,, after txt ecg shows torsades pointes

Answer 3

malaria.. quinine

Question 4

pt has lyme disease wats the txt and SE

Answer 4

doxyxyline … photosensitivity

Question 5

B tubulin dissembly …. which drug

Answer 5

paclitaxel

Question 6

mechanism for vincrisitine

Answer 6

bind b tubulin but inhibit microtubule formation

Question 7

busulfan

Answer 7

DNA alkylating agent … today only used in CML stem cell transplant

Question 8

cisplatin

Answer 8

crosslinking DNA

Question 9

pt cant lose weight what does the doc prescribe with diet and exercise

Answer 9

orlistat …. inhibiting gastric and pancreatic lipase …. inhibtion of fat hydrolyzation

Question 10

phentermine

Answer 10

is an anorexiant … amphetamine … appetite suppresent

Question 11

when can we use terabinafine

Answer 11

oral agent to treat tinea infection of hair and nails and topical for skin

Question 12

classical conditioning

Answer 12

natural response is elicited by a learned or conditioned stimulus

Question 13

why is G6PD important

Answer 13

it reduces NADP to NADPH …. which reduces glutathione …. protects against oxidant injury

Question 14

which drug given in arrhythmia inhibits sodium potassium adenine triphosphate

Answer 14

DIGOXIN

increases CO and doesn’t effect venous return

Question 15

txt for shingles

Answer 15

famciclovir … guanosin analogue

Question 16

postherpatic neuralgia and its txt

Answer 16

after shingles .. txt with TCA, pregabalin or gabapentin

Question 17

pt complains of floaters and flashing lihts

Answer 17

retinal detachment

Question 18

how can one confirm Parkinson diagnosis

Answer 18

L dopa fixes the tremor

Question 19

what are risk factors of breast cancer

Answer 19

early menarche, late menopause, obesity

Question 20

germline mosaisicm

Answer 20

parents don’t have the disease but all children do

mutation in egg or sperm

Question 21

heteroplasmy

Answer 21

MELAS lactic acidosis stroke like episodes

passed down from mothers

Question 22

gram negative lactose fermenters

Answer 22

e coli and klebsiella

Question 23

positive oxidase

Answer 23

pseudomonas and n meningitidis

Question 24

facultative anaerobes vs true obligate anaerobes

Answer 24

e coli vs mycobacterium and nocadia

Question 25

aids pt MRI shows hyper dense areas of demyelination

Answer 25

JC virus… deficits of speech memory coordination

Question 26

painless hematuria and travelling outside USA

Answer 26

schistosomiasis …. squamous cell carcinoma of bladder