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HIV post exposure prophylaxis for occupational exposures may not be administered:                                                                                                                                                                              1.                           For exposures to fluids that contain blood2.                           If the source patient is HIV-seronegative, with features suggestive of a seroconversion illness3.                           If the healthcare worker is HIV-infected4.                           If the health care worker is not HIV-infected5.                           If the health care worker consents to HIV post-exposure prophylaxis

Severe skin irritation, burning and stinging is common while a patient is on treatment with the following drug:                                                                                                                  1.        Albendazole2.        Ivermectin3.        Niclosamide4.        Adrenaline5.        Benzyl benzoate

Match the following drugs with the relevant mechanism of action. Each drug may be used more than once or not at all:  

The following statement is true concerning HIV resistance to protease Inhibitors:    High-level resistance occurs to the reverse transcriptase enzyme.It occurs as an accumulation of stepwise mutations of the protease gene.It occurs to prevent allosteric inhibition of the reverse transcriptase enzyme.Resistance occurs as four specific substitutions of the integrase gene.A single-point mutation occurs within the integrase gene.

The following drug may be absorbed systemically, and patients should be warned  against possible disulfiram-like effects with concomitant alcohol consumption:       1.        Permethrin2.        Sulfiram3.        Benzyl benzoate4.        Niclosamide5.        Praziquantel

Match the following drugs with the relevant indications. Each drug may be used more than once or not at all:  

A newborn is being discharged to home.  The nurse is setting up a referral to see a Pulmonology specialist to rule out Cystic Fibrosis (CF).  What is the earliest recognizable clinical manifestation of CF?

Connective tissue is composed mostly of:

The enzymes that catalyze the formation of phosphodiester bonds between adjacent 5 carbon sugars function in the:

Between the time when pre mRNA is generated and when introns are removed from it, a type of RNA called SnoRNA adds a methyl group to some bases in the pre mRNA. From what you know about RNA processing, you would expect these enzymes to function in the: