Deck 41: Antimycobacterial Drugs

Question 1

The efficacy of clofazimine is partly due to its ability to alter the activity of which type of cells?

A) erythrocytes
B) platelets
C) leukocytes
D) epithelial cells
E) fibroblasts

Answer 1

leukocytes

Question 2

Rifabutin is usually combined with which other drugs in the treatment of Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare infections?

A) isoniazid and ethambutol
B) ethambutol and clarithromycin
C) clarithromycin and dapsone
D) clofazimine and pyrazinamide
E) thalidomide and clofazimine

Answer 2

ethambutol and clarithromycin