Prolonged use of antibiotics in children can result in_________________?

Related Mcqs:

1. Prolonged administrator of broad spectrum antibiotics results in the formation of_______________?

   A. Black hairy tongue
   B. Median rhomboid glossitis
   C. Geographic tongue
   D. Fissured tongue

2. Prolonged administration of streptomycin may result in damage to the____________?

   A. Optic nerve
   B. Facial nerve
   C. Auditory nerve
   D. Trigeminal nerve

3. Bleeding time is prolonged in_____________?

   A. Haemophilia
   B. Von Willebrand’s disease
   C. Henoch Schenolein purpura
   D. Telangiectasia

4. An oxidase-positive, gram-negative rod which produces a bluish-green pigment has been grown in culture from a swab obtained from an infected burn wound. This organism is susceptible to gentamicin, ticarcillin and tobramicin, but resistant to all the other antibiotics which of the following organisms is it likely to be ?

   A. Escherichia coli
   B. Klebsiella pnemoniae
   C. Proteus miribilis
   D. Pseudomonas aeruginosa

5. A diabetic patient developed cellulitis due to staphylococcus aureus, which was found to be Methicillin resistant on the antibiotic sensitivity testing. All of the following antibiotics will be appropriate EXCEPT________________?

   A. Vancomycin
   B. Imipenem
   C. Teichoplanin
   D. Linezolid

6. A patient has seasonal allergic rhinitis and is on terfenadine, He develps cardiac arrhythmias after a course of antibiotics. Which of the following antibiotic could have been given_____________?

   A. Ampicillin
   B. Tetracyclin
   C. Erythromycin
   D. Co-trimoxazole

7. Which one of the following antibiotics chelates with calcium ?

   A. pencillin
   B. Tetracycline
   C. Cephalosporins
   D. Erythromycin

8. The group of antibiotics which possess additional anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory activities is_____________?

   A. Tetracyclines
   B. Polypeptide antibiotics
   C. Fluoroquinolones
   D. Macrolides

9. Mechanism of action of beta-lactam antibiotics would be______________?

   A. Inhibition of bacterial protein synthesis by binding to subunit of bacterial ribosomes
   B. Inhibition of cell wall peptidoglycan synthesis by competitive inhibition of transpetidases
   C. Reduced drug causes strand breaks in DNA
   D. Inhibition of DNA synthesis by inhibiting DNA-Dependent RNA polymerase

10. B-lactam antibiotics are_____________?

    A. Penicillin
    B. Imipenem
    C. Cephalosporins
    D. All of the above