The family of antibiotics that marbofloxacin and orbifloxacin belong to.
What are fluoroquinolones?
100
Two types of superficial mycoses.
What are dermatophytosis (ringworm) and Malassezia dermatitis or otitis?
100
The difference between a superficial mycosis and a systemic mycosis.
What is: Superficial mycoses affect the skin, and systemic mycoses affect deeper tissues and internal organs?
100
True or False: Antibiotics can be used to treat some fungal infections.
What is FALSE?
200
The oral fluoroquinolone labeled for use only in cats.
What is pradofloxacin (Veroflox®)?
200
True or False: Antifungal drugs have a higher risk of toxicity than antibiotics, because fungi (like mammals) are made up of eukaryotic cells.
What is TRUE?
200
True or False: Superficial mycoses can be treated with systemic and/or topical therapy, but systemic mycoses can only be treated with systemic therapy.
What is TRUE?
200
The antifungal drug that is effective only against dermatophytosis.
What is griseofulvin?
300
The reason why oral enrofloxacin is often preferred to ciprofloxacin in small animals, even though it costs more.
What is significantly lower oral bioavailability of ciprofloxacin?
300
The types of mycoses that ketoconazole can treat.
What are superficial and systemic mycoses?
300
The types of mycoses that itraconazole can treat.
What are superficial and systemic mycoses?
300
The types of mycoses that terbinafine can treat.
What are superficial mycoses?
400
The reason pradofloxacin may be preferred over enrofloxacin in cats.
What is minimal risk of retinal damage & blindness compared to enrofloxacin?
400
Two side effects that can be seen with many antifungal drugs.
What are GI effects (vomiting/diarrhea) and hepatopathy?
400
Two reasons why newer antifungal drugs are often preferred to griseofulvin.
What are 1) higher risk of serious side effects with griseofulvin, and 2) bloodwork monitoring recommended with griseofulvin.
400
The types of mycoses that amphotericin B can treat.
What are systemic mycoses?
500
Why IV use of enrofloxacin in small animals is controversial.
What is an increased risk of adverse effects?
500
Two antifungal drugs that can be used either orally or in topical products.
What are ketoconazole and terbinafine?
500
What antifungal drug can only be given by injection?
What is amphotericin-B?
500
An adverse effect that is expected to occur even with recommended doses of amphotericin-B.