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NR566/NR 566 week 1 Exam Questions with Verified Answers
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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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