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What Tetracyclines do to bacteria?
a) inhibit bacterial protein synthesis
b) interfere with the synthesis of bacteria cell wall
c) inhibit the synthesis of folic acid in bacteria
d) stop RNA synthesis in bacteria

a

Tetracyclines are used to treat……………..
a) sinusis, middle ear, skin and intestine
b) urinary tract infection
c) respiratory tract infection             
d) all of these

d

Tetracyclines are derived from…..
a) streptomyces bacteria 
b) Cephalosporium bacteria
c) Penicillium fungus     
 d) synthesized in lab


a

Which of the following are not used in children under the age of 8?
a) sulfonamides                  
b) tetracycline
c) cephalosporin                 
d) all of these

b

Which of the following antibiotics are obtained from Cephalosporium bacteria?
a) sulfonamides                  
b) tetracycline
c) cephalosporin                
d) all of these

c

Cephalosporins are…….in action.
a) Bacteriostatic                 
b) bactericidal
c) both a and b                    
d) none of them

b