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Chapter 1. Drugs Used in Treating Bacterial Diseases


Multiple Choice

Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question

, 1. Factors that place a patient at risk of developing an antimicrobial-resistant organism
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4. Inappropriate use of antimicrobials
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2. Providers should use an antibiogram when prescribing. An antibiogram is:
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1. The other name for the Centers for Disease Control guidelines for prescribing
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antibiotics
2. An algorithm used for prescribing antibiotics for certain infections
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3. The reference also known as the Pink Book, published by the Centers for Disease
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Control
4. A chart of the local resistance patterns to antibiotics developed by laboratories
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3.Infants and young children are at higher risk of developing antibiotic-resistant
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infections due to:
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1. Developmental differences in pharmacokinetics of the antibiotics in children T T T T T T T T




2. The fact that children this age are more likely to be in daycare
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and exposed topathogens from other children
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3. Parents of young children insisting on preventive antibiotics so they
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don’t miss workwhen their child is sick
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life

4. There is often cross-sensitivity and cross-resistance between penicillins and
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1. Renal excretion is similar in both classes of drugs.
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3. Both drug classes contain a beta-lactam ring that is vulnerable to
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4. There is not an issue with cross-resistance between the penicillins and
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cephalosporins.


5. Jonathan has been diagnosed with strep throat and needs a prescription for
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an antibiotic. He saysthe last time he had penicillin he developed a red, blotchy
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rash. An appropriate antibiotic to prescribe would be:
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1. Penicillin VK, because his rash does not sound like a serious rash
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2. Amoxicillin

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4. Azithromycin

6. Sarah is a 25-year-old female who is 8 weeks pregnant and has a urinary
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tract infection. Whatwould be the appropriate antibiotic to prescribe for her?
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3. Doxycycline

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, 7. Pong-tai is a 12-month-old child who is being treated with amoxicillin for acute
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otitis media. His parentscall the clinic and say he has developed diarrhea. The
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1. Advise the parents that some diarrhea is normal with amoxicillin and
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2. Change the antibiotic to one that is less of a gastrointestinal irritant.
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3. Order stool cultures for suspected viral pathogens not treated by the amoxicillin.
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8. Lauren is a 13-year-old child who comes to clinic with a 4-day history of cough,
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low-grade fever, andrhinorrhea. When she blows her nose or coughs the mucous
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is greenish-yellow. The appropriate antibiotic to prescribe would be:
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1. Amoxicillin

2. Amoxicillin/clavulanate

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4. None

9. Joanna had a small ventricle septal defect (VSD) repaired when she was 3 years old
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and has no residualcardiac problems. She is now 28 and is requesting prophylactic
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antibiotics for an upcoming dental visit.The appropriate antibiotic to prescribe
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according to current American College of Cardiology and American Heart
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1. None, no antibiotic is required for dental procedures
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