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Chemotherapy drugs Questions
Question 1 of 5
Which one of the following compounds is used topically to treat scabies and pediculosis?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 2 of 5
One chemotherapeutic strategy used to eradicate the blood-stream form of African trypanosomes is based on the absolute dependence of the organism on
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 3 of 5
Which one of the following enzymes is not unique to parasites?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 4 of 5
This drug is the antimalarial agent most commonly associated with causing an acute hemolytic reaction in patients with glucose - 6 - phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency.
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 5 of 5
A missionary from Chicago is sent to work in a geographic region of a Cental American country wher onchocerca volvulus is endemic. Infections due to this tissue nematode (onchocerciasis) are a major cause of 'river blindness', since microfilariae migrate through subcutaneous tissues and concentrate in the eyes. Which one of the following durgs can be used prophylactically to prevent onchocerciasis?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.