Medical Pharmacology: Antibacterial Drug
Practice Questions
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Often responsible for bacterial meningitis
- Streptoocccus pneumoniae
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- Neisseria meningitidis
- A & C
Antibacterial treatment,before results of culture are known, of meningitis in adults:
- ampicillin
- ceftriaxone (Rocephin)
- cefotaxime (Claforan) plus vancomycin (Vancocin)
- A & B
Antibacterial therapy of meningitis due to Pseudomonas:
- imipenem
- ceftazidime (Fortax, Taxidime, Tazicef) and amikacin (Amikin)
- trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (Bactrim)
- dexamethasone (Decadron)
Causes meningitis in newborn infants:
- Streptococci
- Listeria
- gram-negative enteric bacteria
- all of the above
Before results of susceptibility tests are available--treatment of meningitis in newborn infants:
- trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (Bactrim)
- ampicillin (Principen, Omnipen) + cefotaxime (Claforan) (with or without gentamicin)
- tobramycin (Nebcin)
- none of the above
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