Antibiotics

Question 1

What are some Aminoglycosides?

Answer 1

Amikacin, Gentamicin, Neomycin, Tobramycin

Question 2

What are some Carbapenems?

Answer 2

Imipenem

Question 3

What are some First Generation Cephalosporins?

Answer 3

Cephalexin, Cefadroxil, Cephapirin, Cefazolin

Question 4

What are some Second Generation Cephalosporins?

Answer 4

Cefotetan, Cefoxitin

Question 5

What are some Third Generation Cephalosporins?

Answer 5

Cefovecin (CONVENIA), Cefpodoxime, Ceftiofur, Ceftriaxone

Question 6

What are some Fourth Generation Cephalosporins?

Answer 6

Cefepime

Question 7

What are some Macrolides?

Answer 7

Azithromycin, Erythromycin, Tulathromycin, Tilmicosin, Tylosin

Question 8

What are some forms of Penicillins?

Answer 8

Amoxicillin, Amoxicillin/Clavulanate, Ampicillin, Penicillin G

Question 9

What are some forms of Tetracyclines?

Answer 9

Doxycycline, Minocycline

Question 10

What are some forms of Lincosamides?

Answer 10

Clindamycin

Question 11

What are some forms of Fluoroquinolones?

Answer 11

Ciprofloxacin, Enrofloxacin, Marbofloxacin, Orbifloxacin

Question 12

What are some forms of Sulfonamides?

Answer 12

Sulfadiazine/Trimethoprim and Sulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim (SMZ), Sulfadimethoxine (ALBON)

Question 13

What are some forms of antibacterials?

Answer 13

Chloramphenicol, Florfenicol, Metronidazole, Rifampin, Vancomycin

Question 14

What are some forms of Antifungals?

Answer 14

Amphotericin B, Fluconazole, Griseofulvin, Itraconazole, Ketoconazole

Question 15

What are some forms of Antivirals?

Answer 15

Acyclovir, Famciclovir, Lysine, Oseltamivir (Tamiflu)

Question 16

What are bactericidals?

Answer 16

kill the organism

Question 17

What is bacteriostatic?

Answer 17

inhibits growth of organism

Question 18

What kinds of toxicity are seen with aminoglycosides?

Answer 18

nephrotoxicity, ototoxicity

Question 19

What are beta-lactams?

Answer 19

antibiotics that bind to and inactivate enzymes required for cell wall synthesis

Question 20

What are beta-lactamases?

Answer 20

enzymes bacteria produce that break open that ring inhibiting the antibiotic

Question 21

What is the alternate name for Convenia?

Answer 21

Cefovecin

Question 22

What infections are Cephalosporins commonly used to treat?

Answer 22

skin infections, cystitis, respiratory disease

Question 23

What injectable Cephalosporin is used for surgical prophylaxis?

Answer 23

Cefazolin

Question 24

What is Ceftiofur commonly used for in large animal?

Answer 24

used to treat respiratory infection in large animals and foot rot

Question 25

What side effect can occur in horses given Erythromycin?

Answer 25

can sometimes cause fatal diarrhea in horses

Question 26

What infections is azithromycin commonly used for?

Answer 26

Bordetella (Kennel Cough) in dogs, Mycoplasma infections, upper respiratory infections in cats

Question 27

What does Tulathromycin treat?

Answer 27

respiratory infection in non-lactating dairy cattle , bovine foot rot, infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis

Question 28

Tilmicosin is potentially lethal to __________________.

Answer 28

humans, swine and horses

Question 29

What are Tilmicosin and Tylosin used to treat?

Answer 29

bovine respiratory disease, diarrhea in pigs, and poultry diseases

Question 30

Which drug is a potentiated penicillin containing clavulanic acid?

Answer 30

Amoxicillin/Clavulanate

Question 31

What does Clavulanic acid do?

Answer 31

binds beta-lactamases and penicillinases produced by bacterial agents

Question 32

What type of infections might we use the different Penicillins for?

Answer 32

susceptible infections

Question 33

What can Tetracycline cause in young animals?

Answer 33

causes teeth/bone discoloration in young animals

Question 34

What can Doxycycline cause in cats?

Answer 34

esophageal stricture in cats

Question 35

What are Tetracyclines used to treat?

Answer 35

Tick borne diseases (Lyme), Mycoplasma infections and chlamydia (respiratory)

Question 36

What are the side effects of Fluoroquinolones?

Answer 36

cartilage damage in young growing animals

Question 37

Why should Fluoroquinolones be used only after culture and sensitivity?

Answer 37

there is concern for resistance

Question 38

What Fluoroquinolones is commonly used to treat prostate infections?

Answer 38

Enrofloxacin

Question 39

What are the side effects of Sulfonamides?

Answer 39

KCS in dogs, bone marrow suppression, rapid IV injection can cause weakness, blindness, ataxia, collapse, hemolytic anemia

Question 40

What are Sulfonamides used for?

Answer 40

E. coli infection in calves, Colibacillosis in swine, prostate infections, susceptible infections

Question 41

What is Sulfadiazine/Trimethoprim and Sulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim (SMZ) used for?

Answer 41

prostate infections and MRSA

Question 42

What is Sulfadimethoxine used for?

Answer 42

coccidia in dogs, Streptococcus equi in horses, shipping fever complex, bacterial pneumonia and foot rot in cattle

Question 43

What effect does Chloramphenicol have on humans?

Answer 43

aplastic anemia

Question 44

What animals is Chloramphenicol prohibited in?

Answer 44

food animals

Question 45

What are the side effects of Metronidazole?

Answer 45

neurologic disorders (seizures), GI signs, hepatotoxicity there has been reported clostridial diarrhea and death after metronidazole use in horses

Question 46

What is Rifampin used to treat in large animals?

Answer 46

R. equi in young horses

Question 47

What are Lincosamides used to treat?

Answer 47

wounds/abscesses, Toxoplasma in cats, bone infections

Question 48

What is Clindamycin commonly used to treat?

Answer 48

bone, dental infections, and toxoplasmosis

Question 49

What is the treatment of choice for blastomycosis and is FDA approved for treatment of ringworm in cats?

Answer 49

Itraconazole

Question 50

What antifungal is also used in Cushing's treatment?

Answer 50

Ketoconazole

Question 51

MIC

Answer 51

Minimum Inhibitory Concentration

Question 52

What is MIC?

Answer 52

the lowest concentration that shows inhibition of growth

Question 53

What drugs are used to treat Giardia?

Answer 53

Metronidazole

Question 54

What drugs are used to treat tick borne and rickettsial diseases?

Answer 54

Tetracyclines