Infectious Diseases II: Bacterial Infections: pharmacology practice questions
Infectious Diseases II: Bacterial Infections is a high-yield area on the PEBC, NAPLEX, OPRA and FPGEE exams. Phartoonz has 41 exam-style Infectious Diseases II: Bacterial Infections questions, each written to test the clinical decisions these licensing exams actually reward — mechanism of action, dosing, monitoring parameters, adverse effects, contraindications and patient counseling.
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Sample questions
Sample 1
A 34-year-old female presents to her primary care doctor complaining of a constant "pressure in her bladder," urinary frequency and urgency. She has no fever, nausea or pain, and her last menstrual cycle ended two days ago. She has an allergy to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (rash). Which antibiotic is recommended for this patient?
- 1Bactrim DS 1 tablet PO BID x 3 days
- 2Ceftriaxone 1 gram IM x 1
- 3Macrobid 100 mg PO BID x 5 days
- 4Clindamycin 300 mg PO TID x 7 days
- 5Moxifloxacin 400 mg PO daily x 3 days
Sample 2
A patient comes to the emergency room with a 4-day history of cough, fever and night sweats. In the last 24 hours, the cough has produced yellow sputum with streaks of blood. A chest X-ray shows cavitary lesions in the lung and an acid-fast bacilli stain is positive. The patient is most likely infected with:
- 1Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- 2Borrelia burgdorferi
- 3Clostridioides difficile
- 4Chlamydia trachomatis
- 5Enterococcus faecalis
Sample 3
Which pathogens are a common cause of community-acquired pneumonia? (Select ALL that apply.)
- 1Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- 2Enterococcus faecium
- 3Streptococcus pneumoniae
- 4Mycoplasma pneumoniae
- 5Haemophilus influenzae
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