1. Before the advent of penicillin, which of the following was a common therapy for syphilis, in use for hundreds of years? gold mercury arsenic antimony

2. Whose sloppy laboratory technique allowed a mould of the genus Penicillium to land on an agar dish of bacteria? Louis Pasteur Alexander Fleming Edward Jenner Paul Ehrlich

3. Penicillin originally came from a mould. Where did neomycin, streptomycin and chloramphenicol come from? Mould Yeast Algae Bacteria

4. Antibiotics are only effective against infection if they kill the bacteria causing the disease. True False

5. Gerhard Domagk was awarded the Nobel Prize for his role in discovering which class of antibiotics? fluoroquinolones (e.g. ciprofloxacin) sulfonamides (e.g. sulfisoxazole) aminoglycosides (e.g. gentamicin) macrolides (e.g. erythromycin)

6. Which semi-synthetic penicillin's creation was sparked by the discovery of Staphylococcus aureus bacteria resistant to penicillin? methicillin amoxicillin vancomycin gentamicin

7. Potential side effects of this group of antibiotics include hearing loss, kidney failure and blockade of neuromuscular function. fluoroquinolones (e.g. ciprofloxacin) cephalosporins (e.g. cephalothin) penicillins (e.g. ampicillin) aminoglycosides (e.g. gentamicin)

8. You develop a horrible sore throat and decide to root around in your medicine cabinet for leftover antibiotics to take in hopes of feeling better. Why is this a bad idea? some antibiotics become toxic with age all of these are correct your infection may be viral and the antibiotics won't help misuse of antibiotics contributes to the development of resistant organisms

9. You are in the hospital for a serious infection and your doctor prescribes intravenous vancomycin to treat it. While receiving the medication, you suddenly feel itchy all over and notice a red flush creeping from your face down onto your chest. You should never take vancomycin again because you are seriously allergic to it. True False

10. Most of us have taken an antibiotic orally, in pill or liquid form. In the hospital, they are often given intravenously and occasionally as an intramuscular injection. Which of the following routes of delivery is also used? all of these are used bladder instillation inhalation injection into cerebrospinal fluid