PEBC - Therapeutic (Musculoskeletal, Asthma, COPD, Respiratory Tract Infections) Sample Questions Set-10
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Ques. MD is a 5-year-old patient who is suffering from Group A Streptococcal pharyngitis. His doctor started penicillin to eradicate the pharyngeal streptococcal carriage. Unfortunately, Penicillin failed to eradicate it. He should try now to give MD?
a. Azithromycin 250mg tab/day for 10 days
b. Cephalexin for 10 days
c. Clindamycin for 10 days
d. Rifampin for 3 days
e. Give non-pharmacological measures
Answer: (c)
Ques. Which medicine can be taken without food?
A. Cefuroxime axetil
B. Zafirlukast
C. Ampicillin
D. Clindamycin
Answer: (b)
Ques. Which is not the side effect of cephalosporin?
A. Skin rash
B. Pseudo colitis
C. Phlebitis
D. Fungal infection
Answer: (d)
Ques. A patient with facial cellulitis not tolerating and not responding to conventional therapy, and beta lactam allergic his physician started vancomycin in the ward; the monitoring parameter vancomycin include:
I) Fever and chill
II) ototoxicity
III) sever hepatitis
A) I only
B) III only
C) I and II
D) II and III
E) I, II, III
Answer: (c)
Ques. AF a 55 year old female has recently been diagnosed with endocarditis She presents with a prescription for: Her diagnostic report indicates mitral valve prolapse. Which of the following statements are appropriate regarding endocarditis: The common endocarditis causative organism is:
A. S. viridans
B. S. pneumonia
C. S. Meningitis
D. E. coli
E. S. aureus
Answer: (e)
Ques. Which antibiotic would you recommend as an infective agent endocarditis prophylaxis for AF.?
A) Amoxicillin Trihydrate (Novamoxin)
B) Clindamycin (Apo-Clindamycin)
C) Ciprofloxacin (Cipro XL)
D) Clarithromycin (Biaxin)
Answer: (a)
Ques. Other than mitral valve prolapse, what is another indication for infective endocarditis prophylaxis?
A) History of rheumatic heart disease
B) History of angina
C) History of cardiac arrhythmia
D) History of coronary artery bypass surgery
Answer: (a)