A 21-year-old woman presents to the emergency department after a night of alcohol consumption. Her medical complaints include flushing, thirst, palpitations, and vertigo. Her daily medication list includes albuterol, Atrovent, and Advair.
She was treated in her physician's office yesterday with cefoperazone for a urinary tract infection. The medication most likely causing her current medical complaint is
a. albuterol.
b. Atrovent.
c. Advair.
d. cefoperazone.
Q. 2 The outcome of antimicrobial therapy depends on which of the following factors?
a. Host factors
b. Susceptibility or resistance to the antimicrobial
c. Pharmacodynamics
d. All of the above
Q. 3 _____________ is not one of the antimycobacterials used to treat tuberculosis
a. Isoniazid
b. Rifampin
c. Gentamicin
d. Pyrazinamide
Q. 4 A patient with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has been diagnosed with Pneumocystis carinii (jiroveci). You are asked to recommend an antibiotic that is active against Pneumocystis carinii (jiroveci). Your recommendation would be
a. pentamidine.
b. TMP-SMX.
c. levofloxacin.
d. tetracycline.
Q. 5 The term that refers to the science of understanding the optimal effect of a drug as a function of its concentration and in vitro activity (minimal inhibitory concentration MIC) against an organism is
a. antagonism.
b. pharmacodynamics.
c. synergy.
d. postantibiotic effect.
Q. 6 The major adverse reaction to antimycobacterial agents such as isoniazid and rifampin is
a. hepatotoxicity.
b. flulike symptoms.
c. ototoxicity.
d. optic neuritis.
Q. 7 The treatment of choice for pulmonary infections such as aspergillosis, histoplasmosis, and coccidioidomycosis is
a. rifampin.
b. ciprofloxacin.
c. ampicillin.
d. amphotericin B.
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