3 - Antimicrobials

Question 1

Describe the functional mechanisms of antimicrobials

Answer 1

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Question 2

Describe the major groups of antimicrobials with examples of each

Answer 2

Antibacterials - penicillin
Antifungals - 
Antiparasitics - 
Antiprotazoals - 
Antivirals -

Question 3

Define antimicrobial resistance

Answer 3

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Question 4

Articulate ways to prevent antibiotic resistance

Answer 4

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Question 5

Explain vaccination and immunization

Answer 5

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Question 6

Describe forms of immunity

Answer 6

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Question 7

Human influenza A and B viruses cause seasonal epidemics of disease almost every winter. T/F

Answer 7

True

Question 8

Antigenic drift in a virus antigen is a mutation so antibodies no longer recognise the virus, which is why we need new vaccines every year. T/F

Answer 8

True

Question 9

There is clear evidence that the avian influenza virus can be transmitted from human to human. T/F

Answer 9

False

Question 10

Community engagement is key to successfully controlling Ebola outbreaks. T/F

Answer 10

True

Question 11

There is now a cure for HIV infection. T/F

Answer 11

False

Question 12

Public health refers to the promotion of health services and disease control in the community. T/F

Answer 12

True

Question 13

The term ‘notifiable disease’ refers to any infectious disease diagnosed in a hospital or healthcare facility. T/F

Answer 13

False

Question 14

Scabies is a disease which may create a portal of entry for streptococcal infections. T/F

Answer 14

True

Question 15

Malaria is unlikely to ever occur in Australia as the relevant mosquito species doesn’t exist here. T/F

Answer 15

False

Question 16

A common outcome of impetigo (Streptococcus pyogenes) in Aboriginal children is trachoma. T/F

Answer 16

False

Question 17

What does notifiable disease mean?

Answer 17

A case-defined infectious disease that is required to be reported to health authorities.

Question 18

Human influenza A and B viruses cause seasonal epidemics of disease almost every winter. T/F

Answer 18

True

Question 19

Antigenic drift in a virus antigen is a mutation so antibodies no longer recognise the virus, which is why we need new vaccines every year. T/F

Answer 19

True

Question 20

There is clear evidence that the avian influenza virus can be transmitted from human to human. T/F

Answer 20

False

Question 21

Community engagement is key to successfully controlling Ebola outbreaks. T/F

Answer 21

True

Question 22

There is now a cure for HIV infection. T/F

Answer 22

False

Question 23

Public health refers to the promotion of health services and disease control in the community. T/F

Answer 23

True

Question 24

The term ‘notifiable disease’ refers to any infectious disease diagnosed in a hospital or healthcare facility. T/F

Answer 24

False

Question 25

Scabies is a disease which may create a portal of entry for streptococcal infections. T/F

Answer 25

True

Question 26

Malaria is unlikely to ever occur in Australia as the relevant mosquito species doesn’t exist here. T/F

Answer 26

False

Question 27

A common outcome of impetigo (Streptococcus pyogenes) in Aboriginal children is trachoma. T/F

Answer 27

False

Question 28

What does notifiable disease mean?

Answer 28

A case-defined infectious disease that is required to be reported to health authorities.