A 73 yearl old woman has had painful clustered erythematous vesicles distributed in a dematomal pattern on her right back and flank for the past 18 hrs a drug with which of the following mechanisms of action will speed resolution of this disorder ?
a.-inhibition of DNA synthesis b.-inhibition of regulatory synthesis c.-inhibition of reverse transcrpitase d.-interference with RNA polymerase e.-interference with viral uncoating
MHP Forum Senior
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07/05/06 - 04:01 PM
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A. This is a VZV infection anda the treatment is Acyclovir, ( inhib DNA polymerasa)
Cedrick Forum Fanatic
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07/05/06 - 04:03 PM
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Correctamente
A.-inhibition of DNA synthesis {Dx.-"Zoster"}
drpkaur Forum Guru
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07/05/06 - 05:06 PM
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Yes it's A-DIAGNOSIS is Shingles(H.zoster)..acyclovir,ganciclovir and foscarnet -all inhibit viral DNA polymerases....
C-NRTI'S and NNRTI'S..
D-FOSCARNET AND RIBAVIRIN.
E.-AMANTADINE AND RIMANTADINE
what drugs inhibit regulatory synthesis then option b..
docarchana Forum Guru
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09/24/06 - 03:25 PM
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drpkaur wrote: Yes it's A-DIAGNOSIS is Shingles(H.zoster)..acyclovir,ganciclovir and foscarnet -all inhibit viral DNA polymerases....
C-NRTI'S and NNRTI'S..
D-FOSCARNET AND RIBAVIRIN.
E.-AMANTADINE AND RIMANTADINE
what drugs inhibit regulatory synthesis then option b..
does foscarnet inhibit both DNA & RNA polymerases?
