Antibiotic in Orthopaedics Quiz
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Cockcroft and Gault formula is calculated using
A. Actual body weight
B. Ideal body weight
C. Adjusted body weight
D. Apparent body weight
Which of the following is NOT a current example of clinically important antibiotic resistance?
A. Meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus
B. Penicillin resistant Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A Strep)
C. Fluoroquinolone resistant P. aeruginosa
D. Vancomycin resistant Enterococci
Formula to calculate adjusted body weight
A. IBW + (0.4 x (ABW – IBW)
B. ABW + (0.4 x (ABW – IBW)
C. ABW + (0.4 x (IBW – ABW)
D. IBW + (0.4 x (IBW – ABW)
Take appropriate cultures before starting antibiotics
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Which of the following is NOT a way that a bacterium can acquire antibiotic resistance
A. Acquiring resistance gene from its host’s cells
B. On its own through evolution
C. From its parent cell
D. Scavenging resistance genes from the environment
E. Exchanging DNA with another bacterium
What is the nearest approximate percentage figure for the proportion of patients with penicillin allergy who may also be allergic to cephalosporins?
A. 0.5–6.5%
B. 5 – 10.5%
C. 30%
D. 50%
Which of these conditions have become harder to treat because of antibiotic resistance?
A. Gonorrhoea
B. Staphylococcal infections
C. Meningitis
D. All of the above
What is the dose for Tablet ciprofloxacin to dicharge patient with P. aeruginosa?
A. 150-250mg BD
B. 500-750mg BD
C. 750-1000g BD
D. 1.5-2g BD
Which of these antibiotics have useful clinical activity against pseudomonas?
A. Ciprofloxacin
B. Cefotaxime
C. co-trimoxazole
D. Vamcomycin
Antibiotics remove the need for surgical or other intervention
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Gentamicin sulphate in Collatamp G should not exceed
A. 6mg/kg body weight
B. 7mg/kg body weight
C. 8mg/kg body weight
D. 9mg/kg body weight
Collatamp G contain
A. 57mg of gentamicin sulphate
B. 2.0mg of gentamicin sulphate
C. 2.1mg of gentamicin sulphate
D. 2.2mg of gentamicin sulphate