What is the mechanism of action of the penicillin?
If the spectrum of an antibiotic is increased, what outcome can be expected?
Drug resistance that is
... [Show More] caused by elaboration of beta lactamase enzymes may be seen in all
Is Penicillin bactericidal or bacteriostatic
Major route of metabolism and excretion of Penicillin
The antibiotic of first choice in treating the usual dental infection that effects Gram + and Oral Anaerobes
What is the primary difference between Pen V and Pen G?
A bacterial culture shown to have an organism sensitive to methicillin but not penicillin (resistant to penicillin), which of the following drugs would you prescribe for oral treatment?
Which is true of Imipenem?
All of the following are true for Amoxicillin mechanism
What antibiotic is used to treat Pseudomonas aeruginosa?
Which of the following statements is false for cephalosporins?
Which generation cephalosporins does not affect anaerobes
As we progress from the first to third generation Cephalosporins, there is
The current recommendation of AHA for Prophylactic antibiotic coverage of a patient at risk of developing Bacterial Endocarditis as the result of dental procedures and who is NOT allergic to penicillin.
Prophylactic antibiotic coverage for a patient who is NOT allergic to Penicillin but CANNOT take Oral meds
Prophylactic antibiotic coverage for a patient who IS allergic to Penicillin
Prophylactic antibiotic coverage for a patient who IS allergic to Penicillin AND Macrolides
Prophylactic antibiotic coverage for a patient who IS allergic to Penicillin and CANNOT take Oral meds.
Drug of choice for "Surgical Prophylaxis" and also prophylaxis for BE from dental procedures in patient who IS allergic to penicillin and CANNOT take Oral meds.
(True/False) Cephalexin (Cephlex) has a poor activity against oral anaerobes
Static or cidal cefaclor
Which is antagonistic to Erythromycin?
mechanism of Erythromycin
Erythromycin is metabolized and eliminated in
An advantage to using Azithromycin over Clarithromycin
Metronidazole is only affective against
Two drugs that block sequential steps in the same pathway resulting in a Synergistic effect
mechanism of Vancomycin
An agent for MRSA & VRE (Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci) that is only effective against Gram (+) bacteria?
Very broad-spectrum antibiotic that is not effective orally but I.V. only
Broad Spectrum Drug of choice for patients with Renal Dysfunction because it is not excreted in urine to the same
extent as other tetracyclines and does not accumulate in blood of patients with renal failure.
Antibiotic used for "Super infections" (serious, life-threatening infections refractory to less toxic antibiotics)
(True/False) Erythromycin is no longer recommended for prophylactic use.
Is Tetracycline bactericidal or bacteriostatic
Tetracycline is what in spectrum
What antibiotic works best on Perio disease ANUG?
What fungal infection is found in an immunocompetent healthy person
What is NOT characteristic of Amphotericin B?
What is not characteristic of Flucytosine?
What inhibits the cell wall synthesis of B (1-6) glucan
Which is not true for azoles?
What needs to be activated by thymidine kinase
Amantadine (Symmetril) Which is not correct?
AZT is the drug of choice for treatment of
Which of the following antiviral agents is effective against Herpes Simplex Virus
(True/False) Oral viral infections are usually self-limiting and heal spontaneously in a Healthy dental patient
What drug is used for herpes labials?
Amoxicillin spectrum
Amoxicillin administration
Which is true about viral drugs
Vancomycin uses
Vancomycin cidal or static
Vancomycin spectrum
Vancomycin administration
Erythromycin spectrum
Cefaclor mechanism
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