MCB 4403 drugs questions well
answered already passed
HIV drugs - correct answer ✔✔NRTIs, NNRTIs, Protease Inhibitors, INSTI (integrase strand
transfer inhibitor)
Listeria monocytogenes - correct answer ✔✔Treated with penicillin
Mycobacterium tuberculosis - correct answer ✔✔RIPE (rifampin, isoniazid, pyrazinamide,
ethambutol)
- I and E are cell wall inhibitors
SARS-CoV-2 - correct answer ✔✔Treated with Remdesivir and Paxlovoid (early onset infection)
Interferes with storage of toxic waste - correct answer ✔✔Chloroquine (plasmodium)
Interferes with bacterial DNA synthesis - correct answer ✔✔Quinolones, Sulfa drugs,
Metronidazole
Interferes with bacterial cell membrane integrity - correct answer ✔✔Polymyxin B, Daptomycin
penicillin, vancomycin
Interfere with bacterial protein sysnthesis - correct answer ✔✔Chloramphenicol, tetracyclines,
Macrolides (Erythromycin), Azithromycin
- Aminoglycosides (Streptomycin)
, Interferes with bacterial RNA synthesis - correct answer ✔✔Rifamycins, Actinomycin D
(specifically block bacterial RNA polymerase)
Interferes with viral DNA synthesis - correct answer ✔✔Acyclovir (herpes)
Interfere with viral reverse transcriptase - correct answer ✔✔-NRTI (AZT)
- NNRTI
Interfere with viral host cell attachment to cell membrane - correct answer ✔✔Integrase strand
transfer inhibitor
Interfere with DNA integrase strand - correct answer ✔✔CCR5 and fusion inhibitor
Interfere with fungal cell wall - correct answer ✔✔Echinocandins (used against candida and
pneumocystis)
Griseofulvin
Broad spectrum antibiotics - correct answer ✔✔Tetracyclines and Chloramphenicol
Non ribosomally synthesized antibiotic - correct answer ✔✔Vancomycin
Polyketide antibiotics - correct answer ✔✔erythromycin and ivermectin and tetracyclines
- antibiotics produced by streptomyces PK's
Interfere with viral RNA synthesis - correct answer ✔✔Ribavirin
Starts with "rib" as in "ribose"
Remdezavir (Covid)
answered already passed
HIV drugs - correct answer ✔✔NRTIs, NNRTIs, Protease Inhibitors, INSTI (integrase strand
transfer inhibitor)
Listeria monocytogenes - correct answer ✔✔Treated with penicillin
Mycobacterium tuberculosis - correct answer ✔✔RIPE (rifampin, isoniazid, pyrazinamide,
ethambutol)
- I and E are cell wall inhibitors
SARS-CoV-2 - correct answer ✔✔Treated with Remdesivir and Paxlovoid (early onset infection)
Interferes with storage of toxic waste - correct answer ✔✔Chloroquine (plasmodium)
Interferes with bacterial DNA synthesis - correct answer ✔✔Quinolones, Sulfa drugs,
Metronidazole
Interferes with bacterial cell membrane integrity - correct answer ✔✔Polymyxin B, Daptomycin
penicillin, vancomycin
Interfere with bacterial protein sysnthesis - correct answer ✔✔Chloramphenicol, tetracyclines,
Macrolides (Erythromycin), Azithromycin
- Aminoglycosides (Streptomycin)
, Interferes with bacterial RNA synthesis - correct answer ✔✔Rifamycins, Actinomycin D
(specifically block bacterial RNA polymerase)
Interferes with viral DNA synthesis - correct answer ✔✔Acyclovir (herpes)
Interfere with viral reverse transcriptase - correct answer ✔✔-NRTI (AZT)
- NNRTI
Interfere with viral host cell attachment to cell membrane - correct answer ✔✔Integrase strand
transfer inhibitor
Interfere with DNA integrase strand - correct answer ✔✔CCR5 and fusion inhibitor
Interfere with fungal cell wall - correct answer ✔✔Echinocandins (used against candida and
pneumocystis)
Griseofulvin
Broad spectrum antibiotics - correct answer ✔✔Tetracyclines and Chloramphenicol
Non ribosomally synthesized antibiotic - correct answer ✔✔Vancomycin
Polyketide antibiotics - correct answer ✔✔erythromycin and ivermectin and tetracyclines
- antibiotics produced by streptomyces PK's
Interfere with viral RNA synthesis - correct answer ✔✔Ribavirin
Starts with "rib" as in "ribose"
Remdezavir (Covid)
