Antimicrobials — Flashcards

Flashcard 471: Tetanus and diphtheria = _____

Answer: toxoid vaccine (deactivated toxin)

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Flashcard 472: For deep partial-thickness burns (i.e. 2nd-degree burns), when is silver sulfadiazine cream not indicated? _____

Answer: If burns are periorbital

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Flashcard 473: Route of administration for pentamidine in the **treatment** of *Pneumocystis jirovecii* pneumonia: _____

Answer: IV

Flashcard 474: Which burn treatment doesn't penetrate an eschar and can cause neutropenia? _____

Answer: Silver sulfadiazine

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Flashcard 475: Leflunomide inhibits _____ proliferation, which makes it especially useful for its main indication: Rheumatoid/Psoriatic Arthritis

Answer: T-cell

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Flashcard 476: What is the dose-limiting side effect of hydroxyurea? _____

Answer: Myelosuppression

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Flashcard 477: Which antimalarial can result in retinopathy (bull's eye maculopathy)? _____

Answer: Chloroquine

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Flashcard 478: Treatment of follicular lymphoma is reserved for symptomatic patients and involves low-dose chemotherapy or _____ (anti-CD20 antibody)

Answer: rituximab

Flashcard 479: Treatment of cystic fibrosis includes aerosolized _____, which hydrolyzes DNA in mucus causing decreased viscosity

Answer: dornase alfa (DNase)

Flashcard 480: Hairy cell leukemia has an excellent response to _____, which is a purine analog resistant to adenosine deaminase

Answer: cladribine (2-CDA)