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Antibiotic Quiz Dec 2022

Test - Antibiotic Prescribing in Dentistry: Guidelines and Patient Outcomes

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1. 
Patients who take antibiotics appropriately or inappropriately are at risk of adverse outcomes including antimicrobial resistance.
2. 
Antibiotics affect all bacteria in the microbiome.
3. 
Taking antibiotics for a longer duration lessens the risk of adverse outcomes.
4. 
Antimicrobial Resistance is happening across the globe.
5. 
The bacteria that reside in the gut are more aerobic.
6. 
Current projections indicate deaths from antimicrobial resistance will exceed deaths from cancer in 30 years.
7. 
Antibiotics prevent inflammation.
8. 
Clostridioides difficile is a severe diarrheal disease that may be associated with taking Clindamycin, Amoxicillin, macrolides and other antibiotics.
9. 
Antibiotics do not work for viruses.
10. 
80% of orally ingested Clindamycin is excreted unaltered and enters the environment.