Antimicrobial Chemotherapeutic Agents – Section 1

21. More promising chemotherapeutic agents for treating viral diseases is

A. leukocytic interferon
B. fibroblast interferon
C. interferon
D. nystatin

Correct Answer: C. interferon

22. A parenteral route of drug administration refers to

A. oral
B. nonoral
C. intravenously
D. intramuscularly

Correct Answer: B. nonoral

23. Which of the following antibiotics can’t be used for the treatment of infections with β-lactamase-producing Staphylococcus aureus?

A. Vancomycin
B. Ampicillin/sulbactam
C. Cephalothin
D. Piperacillin

Correct Answer: D. Piperacillin

24. Which of the following is not an aminoglycoside antibiotic?

A. Streptomycin
B. Neomycin
C. Kanamycin
D. Cephalosporin

Correct Answer: D. Cephalosporin

25. The nitrofurans differ from the antibiotics in that they

A. does not occur naturally
B. occur naturally
C. are antimicrobial drugs
D. all of these

Correct Answer: A. does not occur naturally

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