PC 707 Module 2 Questions And Complete
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What is the antibiogram useful in preventing? Antibiotic resistance
What is important education when a patient is taking sulfonamides? (1) drink 8-10 glasses
of water (2) avoid prolonged sun exposure
How does one diagnose BV? 3 or more of the following symptoms (1) homogenous, thin,
white discharge that smoothly coats the vaginal walls (2) clue cells (3) pH of vaginal fluid >4.5
(4) a fishy odor of vaginal discharge bfore or after addition of 10%KOH
What is the treatment for BV? (1) metronidazole 500 mg 2x a day for 7 days (2)
metronidazole gell 0.75% intravaginally one a day for 5 days (3) clindamycin cream 2%
intravaginally at bedtime for 7 days
What is the first line treatment for a pregnant woman with BV? Metronidazole (safe in all
trimesters)
What should your patient avoid when taking metronidazole? Alcohol and alcohol
containing products
, PC 707 Module 2 Questions And Complete
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What is considered the safest medication administration for a breastfeeding mother with BV?
Metrogel
Is there a bacterial diagnostic for BV? no
Why are mycobacterial infection (like TB) among the most difficult to cure? (1) grow
slowly and are relatively resistant to drugs that are largely dependent on how rapidly cells are
dividing (2) have a lipid rich cell wall relatively impermeable to many drugs (3) are usually
intracellular and inaccessible to drugs that do not have a good intracellular penetration (4) have
the ability to go into a dormant state (5) easily develop resistant to any single drug
What is a ring of the chemical structure of certain antibiotics including penicillins,
cephalosporings, and related compounds? Beta-lactam
What is the MOA of beta-lactam antibiotics? Interfere with structural crosslinking of
peptidoglycans in bacterial cell walls
, PC 707 Module 2 Questions And Complete
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What type of agents act against a single or limited group of microorganisms? Narrow
spectrum
What type of agents are affective against gram-positive organisms and a significant number of
gram negative organisms? Extended spectrum
What are agents that are effective against a wide variety of microbial species? Broad
spectrum
What means that the bacteria arrests the growth or inhibit replication but does not kill each
microorganism; bacteriostatic drugs limit the spread of infection but depend upon the host
immune system for eradication of the organism? Bacteriostatic
What is a drug that kills the organism? Bactericidal
In general infections above the belly button tend to be what? Gram +
In general infection below the belly button tend to be what? Gram -
Answers
What is the antibiogram useful in preventing? Antibiotic resistance
What is important education when a patient is taking sulfonamides? (1) drink 8-10 glasses
of water (2) avoid prolonged sun exposure
How does one diagnose BV? 3 or more of the following symptoms (1) homogenous, thin,
white discharge that smoothly coats the vaginal walls (2) clue cells (3) pH of vaginal fluid >4.5
(4) a fishy odor of vaginal discharge bfore or after addition of 10%KOH
What is the treatment for BV? (1) metronidazole 500 mg 2x a day for 7 days (2)
metronidazole gell 0.75% intravaginally one a day for 5 days (3) clindamycin cream 2%
intravaginally at bedtime for 7 days
What is the first line treatment for a pregnant woman with BV? Metronidazole (safe in all
trimesters)
What should your patient avoid when taking metronidazole? Alcohol and alcohol
containing products
, PC 707 Module 2 Questions And Complete
Answers
What is considered the safest medication administration for a breastfeeding mother with BV?
Metrogel
Is there a bacterial diagnostic for BV? no
Why are mycobacterial infection (like TB) among the most difficult to cure? (1) grow
slowly and are relatively resistant to drugs that are largely dependent on how rapidly cells are
dividing (2) have a lipid rich cell wall relatively impermeable to many drugs (3) are usually
intracellular and inaccessible to drugs that do not have a good intracellular penetration (4) have
the ability to go into a dormant state (5) easily develop resistant to any single drug
What is a ring of the chemical structure of certain antibiotics including penicillins,
cephalosporings, and related compounds? Beta-lactam
What is the MOA of beta-lactam antibiotics? Interfere with structural crosslinking of
peptidoglycans in bacterial cell walls
, PC 707 Module 2 Questions And Complete
Answers
What type of agents act against a single or limited group of microorganisms? Narrow
spectrum
What type of agents are affective against gram-positive organisms and a significant number of
gram negative organisms? Extended spectrum
What are agents that are effective against a wide variety of microbial species? Broad
spectrum
What means that the bacteria arrests the growth or inhibit replication but does not kill each
microorganism; bacteriostatic drugs limit the spread of infection but depend upon the host
immune system for eradication of the organism? Bacteriostatic
What is a drug that kills the organism? Bactericidal
In general infections above the belly button tend to be what? Gram +
In general infection below the belly button tend to be what? Gram -
