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Antitubercular Drugs MCQs: practice questions
Sample Antitubercular Drugs multiple-choice questions from Antimicrobial Pharmacology I.
Which drug is most directly associated with inhibition of arabinogalactan synthesis?
- A. Isoniazid
- B. Rifampin
- C. Streptomycin
- D. Pyrazinamide
- E. Ethambutol
Which antitubercular drug is used in combination because mutations can reduce its activation?
- A. Ethambutol
- B. Rifampin
- C. Streptomycin
- D. Isoniazid
- E. Pyrazinamide
Which antitubercular drug is a prodrug activated by KatG in Mycobacterium tuberculosis?
- A. Isoniazid
- B. Rifampin
- C. Ethambutol
- D. Streptomycin
- E. Pyrazinamide
Which enzyme involved in mycolic acid synthesis is inhibited by isoniazid?
- A. DNA gyrase
- B. Enoyl-ACP reductase
- C. RNA polymerase
- D. Dihydrofolate reductase
- E. Transpeptidase
Which rifamycin analog is particularly relevant to treatment of atypical mycobacteria?
- A. Ethambutol
- B. Isoniazid
- C. Streptomycin
- D. Pyrazinamide
- E. Rifabutin
Which drug reaches intracellular forms of Mycobacterium tuberculosis?
Which antitubercular drug is acetylated in the liver?
Which drug is most directly associated with inhibition of mycolic acid synthesis?
Which organism causes disseminated disease in late-stage AIDS and can be treated with clarithromycin, ethambutol, and ciprofloxacin?
Which drug can inhibit the metabolism of diphenylhydantoin?
Which antitubercular drug is not active against most atypical mycobacteria?
Which combination is used to reduce development of resistance during active tuberculosis therapy?
Which antitubercular drug is an aminoglycoside that can cause eighth-nerve toxicity?
Which adverse effect is characteristic of ethambutol?
Which antitubercular drug inhibits arabinogalactan synthesis?
Which aminoglycoside is used in tuberculosis treatment?
Which isoniazid adverse effect is more likely in slow acetylators?
Which antitubercular drug should not be used alone for active tuberculosis because resistance develops rapidly?
Which antitubercular drug has resistance caused by altered affinity of bacterial RNA polymerase?
Which antitubercular drug is associated with optic nerve toxicity?
Which isoniazid toxicity is particularly important in older patients?
Which supplement reduces isoniazid-associated peripheral neuropathy?
Which isoniazid adverse effect is more likely in fast acetylators?
Which antitubercular drug inhibits bacterial DNA-dependent RNA polymerase?
Which drug is used alone for tuberculosis prophylaxis after exposure?
Which regimen is used for Mycobacterium kansasii?
Which rifamycin analog is used in antitubercular therapy?
Which adverse effect produces orange-red discoloration of body fluids with rifampin?
Which vitamin is structurally related to isoniazid?
Which major drug-interaction mechanism is produced by rifampin?