Answer 20

20.  Choice C is the correct answer.  Salmonella can be treated with any of the following antibiotics:  cipro, levaquin, amoxicillin, bactrim, rocephin, or tetracycline.

Question 20

20.  Your patient is  a 34 year old male that presents with abdominal cramping, watery stools, with nausea and vomiting for 3 days.  His stool culture was positive for Salmonella.  All of the following are acceptable choices of antibiotics for him accept?

A.  Cipro
B.  Levaquin
C.  Chloramphenicol
D.  Amoxicillin

Answer 19

19.  Choice B is the correct answer.   Doxycycline covers chlamydia.  Coverage for chlamydia should be given as part of the treatment for gonorrhea.  Cipro used to be an alternative but has significant resistance and thus is not an acceptable alternative.  Flagyl 500 mg BID is for trichomonas and bacterial vaginosis.

Question 19

19.  Your patient is a 34 year old female with a genital culture positive for gonorrhea.  Which of the following is the best treatment?

A.  Doxycycline 100 mg BID
B.  Rocephin 250 mg IM
C.  Cipro 500 mg PO times one dose
D.  Flagyl 500 mg BID

Answer 18

18.  Choice C is the correct answer.  Potential sites of infection for gonorrhea as follows:  rectum, conjunctiva, pharynx, urethra, epididymis and cervix.  

Question 18

18.  All of the following areas of potential sites of infection for gonorrhea except?

A.  Rectum
B.  Pharynx
C.  Esophagus
D.  Conjunctiva

Answer 17

17.  Choice A is the correct answer.  Mycobacterium tuberculosis is aerobic, acid fast bacillus that prefers the upper lobes of lungs.  

Question 17

17.  All of the following are characteristics of mycobacterium tuberculosis organism except:

A.  Anaerobic 

B.  Bacillus

C.  Acid fast

D.  Prefers upper lobes of lungs

Answer 16

16.  Choice C is the correct answer.   The four drugs approved for the initial treatment of tuberculosis are:  isoniazid, rifampin, ethambutol, and pyrazinamide.

Question 16

16.  Which of the following drugs are not approved for the treatment of Tuberculosis?

A.  Isoniazid
B.  Rifampin
C.  Dapsone
D.  Ethambutol