INBDE - Pharm – Antibiotics Study Guide Exam Fully Solved Updated.

INBDE - Pharm – Antibiotics Study
Guide Exam Fully Solved 2026-2027
Updated.
sulfonamides

-static or cidal?

-mechanism

-identifier - Answer bacteriostatic

folate synthesis inhibitor, competes with PABA to cause folate deficiency

start with 'sulfa'



fluoroquinolones

-static or cidal?

-mechanism

-identifier - Answer bactericidal

DNA synthesis inhibitors

end with 'floxacin'



penicillins

-static or cidal?

-mechanism

-identifier - Answer bactericidal

cell wall synthesis inhibitor - beta lactam

end with 'cillin'



if someone is allergic to penicillins, they are also allergic to - - Answer fluoroquinolones

(and vice versa)



list of penicillins (8)

clues:

1 - IV

2 - basic oral / original oral

3 - broad spectrum

4 - 3 adjusted for beta lactamase resistance

, 5 - beta lactamase resistance, most common

6 - alternate for beta lactamase resistance

7 - gram negative

8 - pseudomonas - Answer 1 - Penicillin G

2 - Penicillin V

3 - Amoxicillin

4 - Augmentin - amox + clavulanic acid

5 - Methicillin

6 - Dicloxacillin

7 - Ampicillin

8 - Carbenicillin



cephalosporins

-cidal or static?

-mechanism

-identifier - Answer bactericidal

cell wall synthesis inhibitor, beta lactam

start with 'cef' or 'ceph'



monobactams

-cidal or static?

-mechanism

-identifier - Answer bactericidal

cell wall synthesis inhibitor, beta lactam

end with 'am'



carbapenems

-cidal or static?

-mechanism

-identifier - Answer bactericidal

cell wall synthesis inhibitor, beta lactams

end with 'nem'



tetracyclines

-cidal or static?