NR566/NR 566 week 1 Exam Questions with Verified Answers
(Correct Update)
Question 1: What is the primary goal of antibiotic therapy
Answer: kill bacteria without harming host tissue
Question 2: which antibiotics are preferred for immunocompromised patients: bactericidal or
bacteriostatic
Answer: bactericidal
Question 3: which antibiotics are preferred for patients with an overwhelming infection: bactericidal
or bacteriostatic
Answer: bactericidal
Question 4: which is used for empiric therapy: narrow or broad
Answer: broad spectrum
Question 5: which antibiotics increase the risk of antibiotic resistance: narrow or broad spectrum
and why
Answer: Broad spectrum because they kill more competing organisms than narrow spectrum
drugs
Question 6: When is empiric therapy used?
Answer: when treatment is started without cultures or when culture results are not back yet
Question 7: who needs empiric therapy
Answer: critically ill pts after first set of cxs hospitalized pts until css are available ambulatory
pts based on clinical presentation
Question 8: penicillins primarily excreted how
Answer: in urine
Question 9: what needs to be monitored when giving penicillins
Answer: renal function
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(Correct Update)
Question 1: What is the primary goal of antibiotic therapy
Answer: kill bacteria without harming host tissue
Question 2: which antibiotics are preferred for immunocompromised patients: bactericidal or
bacteriostatic
Answer: bactericidal
Question 3: which antibiotics are preferred for patients with an overwhelming infection: bactericidal
or bacteriostatic
Answer: bactericidal
Question 4: which is used for empiric therapy: narrow or broad
Answer: broad spectrum
Question 5: which antibiotics increase the risk of antibiotic resistance: narrow or broad spectrum
and why
Answer: Broad spectrum because they kill more competing organisms than narrow spectrum
drugs
Question 6: When is empiric therapy used?
Answer: when treatment is started without cultures or when culture results are not back yet
Question 7: who needs empiric therapy
Answer: critically ill pts after first set of cxs hospitalized pts until css are available ambulatory
pts based on clinical presentation
Question 8: penicillins primarily excreted how
Answer: in urine
Question 9: what needs to be monitored when giving penicillins
Answer: renal function
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