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  • Question
  • Which of the antibiotic is not used as a food preservative?


  • Options
  • A. Pimaricin
  • B. Nisin
  • C. Tylosin
  • D. ?-lactam antibiotic

  • Correct Answer
  • ?-lactam antibiotic 


  • Antimicrobial Chemotherapeutic Agents problems


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    • 1. More promising chemotherapeutic agents for treating viral diseases is

    • Options
    • A. leukocytic interferon
    • B. fibroblast interferon
    • C. interferon
    • D. nystatin
    • Discuss
    • 2. With which of the following aminoglycosides interfere?

    • Options
    • A. Protein synthesis
    • B. DNA function
    • C. Cell wall synthesis
    • D. Cell membrane function
    • Discuss
    • 3. A parenteral route of drug administration refers to

    • Options
    • A. oral
    • B. nonoral
    • C. intravenously
    • D. intramuscularly
    • Discuss
    • 4. The most selective antibiotics are those that interfere with the synthesis of

    • Options
    • A. bacterial DNA
    • B. bacterial RNA
    • C. bacterial cell walls
    • D. bacterial plasma membrane
    • Discuss
    • 5. Which of the following is not an example of potent antitumer agents?

    • Options
    • A. Anthramycin
    • B. Sibromycin
    • C. Neothramycin
    • D. Erythromycin
    • Discuss
    • 6. A broad-spectrum antibiotic such as chloramphenicol is one that

    • Options
    • A. kills both Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria
    • B. kills all bacteria
    • C. kills numerous types of microbes
    • D. kills all microorganisms
    • Discuss
    • 7. Quinolones are

    • Options
    • A. antimetabolites
    • B. penicillin derivatives
    • C. bacteriostatic
    • D. broad-spectrum
    • Discuss
    • 8. Interference mechanism of ciprofloxacin and norfloxacin is due to their action on

    • Options
    • A. cell wall synthesis
    • B. cell membrane function
    • C. DNA function
    • D. protein synthesis
    • Discuss
    • 9. Which of the following antibiotics can't be used for treatment of infections with ?-lactamase-producing Staphylococcus aureus?

    • Options
    • A. Vancomycin
    • B. Ampicillin/sulbactam
    • C. Cephalothin
    • D. Piperacillin
    • Discuss
    • 10. The penicillin stable in gastric acid and suitable for oral administration is

    • Options
    • A. methicillin
    • B. carbenicillin
    • C. closacillin
    • D. pencillin-G
    • Discuss


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