RASMUSSEN PATHO UPDATED STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔A term that means, to slow bacteria - ✔✔Bacteriostatic
✔✔A term that means, to kill the bacteria - ✔✔Bactericidal
✔✔A term that refers to a type of infection difficult to treat and often resistant to multiple
drugs - ✔✔Superinfection
✔✔A potentially life threatening allergic reaction that causes mucous membrane
swelling and airway constriction - ✔✔Anaphylaxis
✔✔The name of a serious side effect of antibiotic use that causes blistering skin and
mucous membrane rash - ✔✔Steven Johnson syndrome
✔✔An antibiotic often prescribed when a patient is allergic to penicillin -
✔✔Erythromycin
✔✔An antibiotic used to treat acne and chlamydia - ✔✔Tetracycline
✔✔A fluoroquinolone antibiotic used to treat Anthrax and UTI - ✔✔Ciprofloxacin (cipro)
✔✔Which medication is often prescribed to treat fungal infections of the mouth
associated with oral steroid use - ✔✔Nystatin
✔✔The class of antibiotics that is effective against Legionella, Pertussis and H. Pylori -
✔✔Macrolides
✔✔All antibiotics should be taken with adequate amounts of what, in order to protect the
kidneys? - ✔✔Water
✔✔If ordered, the antibiotic ceftriaxone (Rocephin) can be mixed with what, to reduce
the pain of an IM injection - ✔✔Lidocaine
✔✔If you're administering an IV antibiotic and the patient develops a rash, what should
you do - ✔✔Stop the infusion and alert the physician
✔✔Which medication requires peak and trough levels to be drawn to ensure maximum
effective as and limit renal injury - ✔✔Vancomycin
, ✔✔A patient with tuberculosis will likely be on more than one antibiotic due to the
likelihood of the bacteria developing what - ✔✔Resistance
✔✔Antibiotic use in women can lead to what type of vaginal infections - ✔✔Fungal
(yeast, candidiasis)
✔✔Red man syndrome is associated with what antibiotic - ✔✔Vancomycin
✔✔An antibiotic that can stain the teeth of young children, causes photosensitivity and
should not be taken with milk - ✔✔Tetracycline
✔✔These classes of antibiotics can lead to hearing loss - ✔✔Aminoglycosides,
glycopeptides (vancomycin)
✔✔A patient taking metronidazole (Flagyl) should avoid - ✔✔Alcohol
✔✔A patient on oral contraceptives who is prescribed antibiotics should be told to do
what - ✔✔Use two forms of birth control
✔✔If a patient is started on a new antibiotic and develops wheezing, they should do
what - ✔✔Seek emergency medical treatment
✔✔Patients who are taking warfarin (Coumadin) and prescribed antibiotics should be
sure that have what checked regularly - ✔✔The INR
✔✔Viruses and fungi are not susceptible to what type of anti-infective medication -
✔✔Antibiotics
✔✔Azithromycin has an extended what, that makes the course needed, shorter than
most other antibiotics - ✔✔Half life
✔✔A patient on the antiviral acyclovir should have the function of which organs, closely
monitored - ✔✔Kidneys
✔✔Isoniazid, used to treat TB can cause serious problems with which organs - ✔✔Liver
✔✔A patient on antiretroviral medications for HIV, should be told do what, often, in
order to prevent opportunistic infections from occurring - ✔✔Wash their hands
✔✔Cylophosphamide (cytoxan) can cause hemorrhagic inflammation of which organ -
✔✔Bladder
AND SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔A term that means, to slow bacteria - ✔✔Bacteriostatic
✔✔A term that means, to kill the bacteria - ✔✔Bactericidal
✔✔A term that refers to a type of infection difficult to treat and often resistant to multiple
drugs - ✔✔Superinfection
✔✔A potentially life threatening allergic reaction that causes mucous membrane
swelling and airway constriction - ✔✔Anaphylaxis
✔✔The name of a serious side effect of antibiotic use that causes blistering skin and
mucous membrane rash - ✔✔Steven Johnson syndrome
✔✔An antibiotic often prescribed when a patient is allergic to penicillin -
✔✔Erythromycin
✔✔An antibiotic used to treat acne and chlamydia - ✔✔Tetracycline
✔✔A fluoroquinolone antibiotic used to treat Anthrax and UTI - ✔✔Ciprofloxacin (cipro)
✔✔Which medication is often prescribed to treat fungal infections of the mouth
associated with oral steroid use - ✔✔Nystatin
✔✔The class of antibiotics that is effective against Legionella, Pertussis and H. Pylori -
✔✔Macrolides
✔✔All antibiotics should be taken with adequate amounts of what, in order to protect the
kidneys? - ✔✔Water
✔✔If ordered, the antibiotic ceftriaxone (Rocephin) can be mixed with what, to reduce
the pain of an IM injection - ✔✔Lidocaine
✔✔If you're administering an IV antibiotic and the patient develops a rash, what should
you do - ✔✔Stop the infusion and alert the physician
✔✔Which medication requires peak and trough levels to be drawn to ensure maximum
effective as and limit renal injury - ✔✔Vancomycin
, ✔✔A patient with tuberculosis will likely be on more than one antibiotic due to the
likelihood of the bacteria developing what - ✔✔Resistance
✔✔Antibiotic use in women can lead to what type of vaginal infections - ✔✔Fungal
(yeast, candidiasis)
✔✔Red man syndrome is associated with what antibiotic - ✔✔Vancomycin
✔✔An antibiotic that can stain the teeth of young children, causes photosensitivity and
should not be taken with milk - ✔✔Tetracycline
✔✔These classes of antibiotics can lead to hearing loss - ✔✔Aminoglycosides,
glycopeptides (vancomycin)
✔✔A patient taking metronidazole (Flagyl) should avoid - ✔✔Alcohol
✔✔A patient on oral contraceptives who is prescribed antibiotics should be told to do
what - ✔✔Use two forms of birth control
✔✔If a patient is started on a new antibiotic and develops wheezing, they should do
what - ✔✔Seek emergency medical treatment
✔✔Patients who are taking warfarin (Coumadin) and prescribed antibiotics should be
sure that have what checked regularly - ✔✔The INR
✔✔Viruses and fungi are not susceptible to what type of anti-infective medication -
✔✔Antibiotics
✔✔Azithromycin has an extended what, that makes the course needed, shorter than
most other antibiotics - ✔✔Half life
✔✔A patient on the antiviral acyclovir should have the function of which organs, closely
monitored - ✔✔Kidneys
✔✔Isoniazid, used to treat TB can cause serious problems with which organs - ✔✔Liver
✔✔A patient on antiretroviral medications for HIV, should be told do what, often, in
order to prevent opportunistic infections from occurring - ✔✔Wash their hands
✔✔Cylophosphamide (cytoxan) can cause hemorrhagic inflammation of which organ -
✔✔Bladder
