medical MCQs – Page 73

Practise multiple-choice questions from medical for competitive examinations and subject revision. Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

1441. Which of the following drugs in likely to damage the eighth cranial nerve when administered for a long period of time ?
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A. Rifampicin

B. Ethambutol

C. Isoniazid

D. Streptomycin
1442. A diabetic patient developed cellulitis due to Staphylococcus aureus, Which was found to be Methicillin resistant on the antibiotic sensitivity testing. All the following antibiotics will be appropriate except_____________?
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A. Vancomycin

B. Teichoplanin

C. Linezolid

D. Imipenem
1443. All of the following are topically used sulphonamides except____________?
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A. Sulphadiazine

B. Silversulphadiazine

C. Suphacetamide

D. Mafenide

1444. One of the following is not penicillinase susceptible______________?
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A. Cloxacillin

B. Piperacillin

C. Amoxicillin

D. Penicillin G

1445. Quindine is used to treat______________?
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A. Congestive heart failure

B. Hypertension

C. Atrial fibrillation

D. Angina pectoris

1446. All of the following drugs are useful in treatment of hypertension except______________?
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A. Ephedrine

B. Methyldopa

C. Thiazole diuretics

D. Reserpine

1447. An oral hypoglycemic agent is______________?
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A. Insultin

B. Gluengon

C. Warfarin

D. Glibeneclamide
1448. The therapeutic advantage that pencillin V has over pencillin G is____________?
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A. More reliable oral obsorption

B. Greater resistance to pencillinase

C. Slower renal excretion

D. Broader antibacterial spectrum

1449. All of the following have receptors which are transcription factors except____________?
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A. Insulin

B. Glucocorticoid

C. Estrogen

D. Vitamin D

1450. An aminoglycoside that is often combined with polymyxin and bacitracin for the treatment of topical infection is____________?
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A. Neomycin

B. Aztreonam

C. Gentamycin

D. Tetracycline

1451. Which of the following antibiotics is effective in treating oral candidiasis ?
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A. Tetracycline

B. Bacitracin

C. Penicillin

D. Nystatin
1452. Disseminated candidiasis requires intensive therapy with_____________?
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A. Amphotericin

B. Thiobendazole

C. Nystatin

D. Interferons

1453. The drug for choice for treatment of infection involving non-penicillinase producing staphylococcus is___________?
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A. Erythromycin

B. Ampicillin

C. Penicilling G

D. Methicillin sodium

1454. AIDS is a disease if the immune system primarily affecting_____________?
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A. Opsonins

B. Granulocytes

C. Immunoglobulins

D. T lymphocytes
1455. Metronidazole______________?
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A. Is active against gram-positive aerobes

B. Is mainly concentrated in saliva

C. Has no side-effects

D. Is used in management of ANUG
1456. Ivermectin is indicated in_____________?
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A. All of the above

B. Scabies

C. Filariasis

D. Intestinal nematode infection

1457. Tetracycline chelates with______________?
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A. All of the above

B. Ca salts

C. All salts

D. Mg salts

1458. Which of the following drugs undergoes Hoffmann elimination ?
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A. d-tubecurarine

B. Acetycholine

C. Acetazolamide

D. Atracurium
1459. All except one are centrally acting muscle blocks___________?
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A. Diazepam

B. Meprobamate

C. Dantrolene sodium

D. Baclofen

1460. While performing a procedure, a resident doctor injures herself with a suture needle that has been used to stitch a patient with HIV infection for 11 years. He has been complaint with therapy for several years and has recently changed tablets because of alteration in his appearance. His last CD4 count was 360 cells/mm. The doctor is offered post exposure prophylaxis. Which regimen should she take ?
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A. Ziduvidine and Lamivudine and Indivair

B. Ziduvidine and Lamivudine and Stavudine

C. Ziduvidine and Lamivudine

D. Ziduvidine and Lamivudine and Abacavir