Exam 8: Antifungal and Antiviral Agents

Docosanol 10% has been shown to decrease healing time by about _____ in patients with recurrent orolabial herpes when started within 12 hours of the appearance of prodromal symptoms.

Which of the following agents is a nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor used to treat HIV infection?

Which of the following statements is true concerning clotrimazole?

Which of the following types of HIV drugs are also used to treat hepatitis B? (Select all that apply.)

Which dose form of acyclovir has been effective for the treatment of herpes labialis?

Which of the following is not an imidazole?

Nystatin is available in the form of a(n)_____ for the treatment of oral candidiasis. (Select all that apply.)

No acyclovir products are approved for the treatment of recurrent herpes labialis in the immunocompetent patient.

Which of the following classes of drugs used to treat human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)block the progression from HIV infection to AIDS by preventing the passage of the virus across the human cell membrane?

Which of the following two types of hepatitis account for almost two-thirds of all cases of hepatitis?

The mechanism of action of nystatin involves binding to the:

Which of the following statements is true of zidovudine (AZT, Retrovir)?

Which of the following is the usual adult dose of ketoconazole for the treatment of Candida species?

HIV-2 is only transmitted:

Oral candidal infections are often treatable with oral antifungal lozenges and rinses.

What is integrase in the context of infection with human immunodeficiency virus?

The main advantage of nystatin pastilles over the aqueous suspension is that:

All currently available interferons are parenteral.

Which of the following describes ketoconazole? (Select all that apply.)

Topical acyclovir can prevent the recurrence of herpes labialis.