Antibiotics US Medical PG Flashcards - Medical Study Cards
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Antibiotics Flashcard Deck - 10 Cards
Flashcard 21: Macrolides bind to the 50S subunit and inhibit protein synthesis by sterically hindering _____
Answer: translocation
Extra: Macrolides bind to the 23S rRNA of the 50S ribosomal subunit.
Mnemonic: **MACRO**-slides (Macrolides inhibit translocation).
Flashcard 22: Which of the antitumor antibiotics can cause mucositis and stomatitis?
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Answer: Bleomycin, Doxorubicin, Daunorubicin
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Flashcard 23: Tetracyclines have activity against tick-borne organisms (_____, francisella, borrelia)
Answer: rickettsia
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Flashcard 24: Penicillin G is given IV and IM, whereas Penicillin V is given _____
Answer: Orally
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Flashcard 25: What are the most common adverse effects of Fluoroquinolones?
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Answer: GI upset (nausea, vomiting, diarrhea)
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Flashcard 26: Which bacterial protein synthesis inhibitor can cause thrombocytopenia (besides chloramphenicol)?
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Answer: Linezolid
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Flashcard 27: What two pathologies is Chloramphenicol used to treat?
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Answer: Rocky mountain spotted fever (Rickettsia) and Meningitis
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Flashcard 28: Quinupristin-dalfopristin is a combination of two synergistic _____ that have activity against VRE
Answer: streptogramins
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Flashcard 29: Aminoglycosides cause the misreading of _____, inhibiting _____ and thus protein synthesis
Answer: mRNA
Extra:
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Flashcard 30: Rifamycins inhibit which bacterial enzyme?\n_____
Answer: DNA-dependent RNA polymerase
Extra: Rifamycins bind to the β-subunit of bacterial DNA-dependent RNA polymerase, inhibiting RNA synthesis. They do not affect eukaryotic RNA polymerase.
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