Antibiotics (GATE)
Description: Proteins | |
Number of Questions: 15 | |
Created by: Amit Pandey | |
Tags: Cephalosporins lantibiotics Mupirocin Rifampicin Antibiotics Mode of Action and Resistance Classification General Characteristics of Antimicrobial Drugs |
Which of the following statements regarding bacitracin is correct?
Which of the following statements about teixobactin is true?
Which of the following organisms is not affected by chloramphenicol?
Which of the following statements about mupirocin (a protein synthesis inhibitor) is true?
Which of the following drugs belonging to ansamycin family has received orphan drug status?
Which of the following come(s) under the cover of fourth generation cephalosporins?
Which of the following drugs is most likely to treat whooping cough, if the person is not administered DPT vaccine?
Which of the following is false regarding mode of action of quinupristin/dalfopristin antibiotic?
Trimethoprim is an effective inhibitor of bacterial growth due to which of the following reasons?
Which of the following antibiotics is most likely to treat VRE (vancomycin resistant enterococci) infections?
Daptomycin (lipopeptide antibiotic) is effective against which of the following?
Initiation of protein synthesis (translation) is inhibited by which of the following?
Which of the following is true about lantibiotics?
Which of the following is the most recently marketed antibiotic and what is its spectrum of activity?
Match the antibiotics with their mechanism of action.
Antibiotic | MOA |
1. Polymyxin B | a. Cross linking of DNA |
2. Enoxacin | b. Disrupts cell membrane function |
3. Furazolidone | c. Alters bacterial outer membrane permeability |
4. Daptomycin | d. Inhibits bacterial gyrase |