praj-17/QA-MCQ-Open-ended huggingface dataset:
Title: Antibiotics
Context: Exposure to antibiotics early in life is associated with increased body mass in humans and mouse models. Early life is a critical period for the establishment of the intestinal microbiota and for metabolic development. Mice exposed to subtherapeutic antibiotic treatment (STAT)– with either penicillin, vancomycin, penicillin and vancomycin, or chlortetracycline had altered composition of the gut microbiota as well as its metabolic capabilities. Moreover, research have shown that mice given low-dose penicillin (1 μg/g body weight) around birth and throughout the weaning process had an increased body mass and fat mass, accelerated growth, and increased hepatic expression of genes involved in adipogenesis, compared to controlled mice. In addition, penicillin in combination with a high-fat diet increased fasting insulin levels in mice. However, it is unclear whether or not antibiotics cause obesity in humans. Studies have found a correlation between early exposure of antibiotics (<6 months) and increased body mass (at 10 and 20 months). Another study found that the type of antibiotic exposure was also significant with the highest risk of being overweight in those given macrolides compared to penicillin and cephalosporin. Therefore, there is correlation between antibiotic exposure in early life and obesity in humans, but whether or not there is a causal relationship remains unclear. Although there is a correlation between antibiotic use in early life and obesity, the effect of antibiotics on obesity in humans needs to be weighed against the beneficial effects of clinically indicated treatment with antibiotics in infancy.

question: What is one common result of using antibiotics from a young age? 

answer: increased body mass

question: What does STAT stand for? 

answer: subtherapeutic antibiotic treatment

question: What are some antibiotics can be used for STAT? 

answer: penicillin, vancomycin, penicillin and vancomycin, or chlortetracycline

question: Do antibiotics cause obesity in humans? 

answer: unclear

question: Why do physicians use antibiotics on infants when the relationship has been proven?  

answer: weighed against the beneficial effects

question: What can happen if people are exposed to antibiotics at a young age? 

answer: increased body mass

question: When do intestinal microbiota develop? 

answer: Early life

question: Do antibiotics increase the chance of getting fat for humans? 

answer: unclear
Title: Antibiotics
Context: The majority of studies indicate antibiotics do interfere with contraceptive pills, such as clinical studies that suggest the failure rate of contraceptive pills caused by antibiotics is very low (about 1%). In cases where antibacterials have been suggested to affect the efficiency of birth control pills, such as for the broad-spectrum antibacterial rifampicin, these cases may be due to an increase in the activities of hepatic liver enzymes' causing increased breakdown of the pill's active ingredients. Effects on the intestinal flora, which might result in reduced absorption of estrogens in the colon, have also been suggested, but such suggestions have been inconclusive and controversial. Clinicians have recommended that extra contraceptive measures be applied during therapies using antibacterials that are suspected to interact with oral contraceptives.

question: Do antibiotics interact with birth control pills? 

answer: The majority of studies indicate antibiotics do interfere with contraceptive pills

question: What percentage of birth control pill failure is attributed to antibiotics? 

answer: about 1%

question: What are the potential effects on intestinal flora? 

answer: reduced absorption of estrogens in the colon

question: Have these potential effects been proven through testing? 

answer: inconclusive and controversial

question: What do physicians recommend to counteract this potential issue? 

answer: extra contraceptive measures

question: What do antibiotics interfere with? 

answer: contraceptive pills

question: What percent is the  failure rate of contraceptive pills? 

answer: about 1%

question: Whhat does intestinal flora reduce? 

answer: absorption of estrogens

question: In therapy, what does the antibacterial interact with? 

answer: oral contraceptives

question: Do antibiotics mess with birth control pills? 

answer: antibiotics do interfere

question: What should women do if they are using antibiotics and birth control pills? 

answer: extra contraceptive measures

question: What is birth control failure rate due to antibiotics? 

answer: about 1%
Title: Antibiotics
Context: Interactions between alcohol and certain antibiotics may occur and may cause side-effects and decreased effectiveness of antibiotic therapy. While moderate alcohol consumption is unlikely to interfere with many common antibiotics, there are specific types of antibiotics with which alcohol consumption may cause serious side-effects. Therefore, potential risks of side-effects and effectiveness depend on the type of antibiotic administered. Despite the lack of a categorical counterindication, the belief that alcohol and antibiotics should never be mixed is widespread.

question: What is one potential issue with drinking alcohol while taking antibiotics? 

answer: decreased effectiveness

question: Do all antibiotics interact dangerously with alcohol? 

answer: moderate alcohol consumption is unlikely to interfere with many common antibiotics

question: Is it OK to drink alcohol while taking any antibiotic? 

answer: there are specific types of antibiotics with which alcohol consumption may cause serious side-effects

question: How common is the belief that alcohol and antibiotics should never be mixed? 

answer: widespread

question: What can alcohol and certain antibiotics cause? 

answer: decreased effectiveness of antibiotic therapy

question: What is unlikely to interfere with  with many common antibiotics? 

answer: alcohol consumption

question: What belief should bever be mixed widespread? 

answer: alcohol and antibiotics

question: What common drug can reduce antibiotic effectiveness? 

answer: alcohol

question: What type of antibiotic is most likely to be a problem with alcohol? 

answer: specific types of antibiotics with which alcohol consumption may cause serious side-effects

question: Should alcohol be used while on antibiotics? 

answer: alcohol and antibiotics should never be mixed
Title: Antibiotics
Context: Several molecular mechanisms of antibacterial resistance exist. Intrinsic antibacterial resistance may be part of the genetic makeup of bacterial strains. For example, an antibiotic target may be absent from the bacterial genome. Acquired resistance results from a mutation in the bacterial chromosome or the acquisition of extra-chromosomal DNA. Antibacterial-producing bacteria have evolved resistance mechanisms that have been shown to be similar to, and may have been transferred to, antibacterial-resistant strains. The spread of antibacterial resistance often occurs through vertical transmission of mutations during growth and by genetic recombination of DNA by horizontal genetic exchange. For instance, antibacterial resistance genes can be exchanged between different bacterial strains or species via plasmids that carry these resistance genes. Plasmids that carry several different resistance genes can confer resistance to multiple antibacterials. Cross-resistance to several antibacterials may also occur when a resistance mechanism encoded by a single gene conveys resistance to more than one antibacterial compound.

question: What is part of hje the make up of bacterial strains? 

answer: Intrinsic antibacterial resistance

question: What is exchanged between between bacterial strains or species via plasmids that have this resistance? 

answer: antibacterial resistance genes

question: What can be absent from the bacterial genome? 

answer: antibiotic target

question: When does the spread of antibacterial resistance frequently occurs/ 

answer: vertical transmission

question: What does some resistance come from? 

answer: mutation

question: What method of spread can occur in antibacterial resistance? 

answer: vertical transmission of mutations

question: What do plasmids do in resistance? 

answer: carry several different resistance genes
Title: Antibiotics
Context: Antibacterial-resistant strains and species, sometimes referred to as "superbugs", now contribute to the emergence of diseases that were for a while well controlled. For example, emergent bacterial strains causing tuberculosis (TB) that are resistant to previously effective antibacterial treatments pose many therapeutic challenges. Every year, nearly half a million new cases of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) are estimated to occur worldwide. For example, NDM-1 is a newly identified enzyme conveying bacterial resistance to a broad range of beta-lactam antibacterials. The United Kingdom's Health Protection Agency has stated that "most isolates with NDM-1 enzyme are resistant to all standard intravenous antibiotics for treatment of severe infections."

question: What are strains that are resistant to antibiotics called sometimes? 

answer: superbugs

question: What was a once almost controlled disease that is coming back do to resistance? 

answer: tuberculosis

question: How many new infections of resistant TB are reported per year? 

answer: half a million

question: What is the acronym used to describe resistant TB? 

answer: MDR-TB
Title: Antibiotics
Context: Inappropriate antibiotic treatment and overuse of antibiotics have contributed to the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Self prescription of antibiotics is an example of misuse. Many antibiotics are frequently prescribed to treat symptoms or diseases that do not respond to antibiotics or that are likely to resolve without treatment. Also, incorrect or suboptimal antibiotics are prescribed for certain bacterial infections. The overuse of antibiotics, like penicillin and erythromycin, has been associated with emerging antibiotic resistance since the 1950s. Widespread usage of antibiotics in hospitals has also been associated with increases in bacterial strains and species that no longer respond to treatment with the most common antibiotics.

question: What are the two biggest reasons for resistance? 

answer: Inappropriate antibiotic treatment and overuse

question: What is a common method of misuse? 

answer: Self prescription

question: What is an example of bad treatment causing resistance? 

answer: overuse of antibiotics
Title: Antibiotics
Context: Common forms of antibiotic misuse include excessive use of prophylactic antibiotics in travelers and failure of medical professionals to prescribe the correct dosage of antibiotics on the basis of the patient's weight and history of prior use. Other forms of misuse include failure to take the entire prescribed course of the antibiotic, incorrect dosage and administration, or failure to rest for sufficient recovery. Inappropriate antibiotic treatment, for example, is their prescription to treat viral infections such as the common cold. One study on respiratory tract infections found "physicians were more likely to prescribe antibiotics to patients who appeared to expect them". Multifactorial interventions aimed at both physicians and patients can reduce inappropriate prescription of antibiotics.

question: What is a way of improperly using antibiotics for those traveling? 

answer: prophylactic antibiotics

question: What can happen if a doctor doesn't prescribe to a person's weight and prior use? 

answer: failure of medical professionals to prescribe the correct dosage

question: What are 3 other common forms of bad antibiotic practices? 

answer: failure to take the entire prescribed course of the antibiotic, incorrect dosage and administration, or failure to rest for sufficient recovery

question: What happens when a cold is treated with antibiotics? 

answer: Inappropriate antibiotic treatment

question: What do doctors usually do when a patient seems to want antibiotics even though they may not be right? 

answer: prescribe antibiotics
Title: Antibiotics
Context: Several organizations concerned with antimicrobial resistance are lobbying to eliminate the unnecessary use of antibiotics. The issues of misuse and overuse of antibiotics have been addressed by the formation of the US Interagency Task Force on Antimicrobial Resistance. This task force aims to actively address antimicrobial resistance, and is coordinated by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), as well as other US agencies. An NGO campaign group is Keep Antibiotics Working. In France, an "Antibiotics are not automatic" government campaign started in 2002 and led to a marked reduction of unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions, especially in children.

question: What is the name of a US government agency tasked with trying to stop improper use of antibiotics? 

answer: US Interagency Task Force on Antimicrobial Resistance

question: Which agencies control this task force? 

answer: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

question: When did the French start going after overuse of antibiotics? 

answer: 2002
Title: Antibiotics
Context: The emergence of antibiotic resistance has prompted restrictions on their use in the UK in 1970 (Swann report 1969), and the EU has banned the use of antibiotics as growth-promotional agents since 2003. Moreover, several organizations (e.g., The American Society for Microbiology (ASM), American Public Health Association (APHA) and the American Medical Association (AMA)) have called for restrictions on antibiotic use in food animal production and an end to all nontherapeutic uses.[citation needed] However, commonly there are delays in regulatory and legislative actions to limit the use of antibiotics, attributable partly to resistance against such regulation by industries using or selling antibiotics, and to the time required for research to test causal links between their use and resistance to them. Two federal bills (S.742 and H.R. 2562) aimed at phasing out nontherapeutic use of antibiotics in US food animals were proposed, but have not passed. These bills were endorsed by public health and medical organizations, including the American Holistic Nurses' Association, the American Medical Association, and the American Public Health Association (APHA).

question: When did the EU ban antibiotics for speeding up growth? 

answer: 2003

question: What report caused the UK to worry about resistance? 

answer: Swann report 1969

question: What 3 US organizations have called for the banning of antibiotics in the production of food animals? 

answer: American Society for Microbiology (ASM), American Public Health Association (APHA) and the American Medical Association (AMA)

question: Name two US bills that want to ban antibiotics in food production? 

answer: S.742 and H.R. 2562

question: What 3 medical associations supported the bills? 

answer: American Holistic Nurses' Association, the American Medical Association, and the American Public Health Association (APHA)
Title: Antibiotics
Context: There has been extensive use of antibiotics in animal husbandry. In the United States, the question of emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains due to use of antibiotics in livestock was raised by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1977. In March 2012, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, ruling in an action brought by the Natural Resources Defense Council and others, ordered the FDA to revoke approvals for the use of antibiotics in livestock, which violated FDA regulations.

question: What besides sick people are antibiotics used for? 

answer: animal husbandry

question: When was resistance first discussed as a problem in the raising of farm animals? 

answer: 1977

question: When did a district court order the FDA to stop approving antibiotics in animals? 

answer: March 2012
Title: Antibiotics
Context: Before the early 20th century, treatments for infections were based primarily on medicinal folklore. Mixtures with antimicrobial properties that were used in treatments of infections were described over 2000 years ago. Many ancient cultures, including the ancient Egyptians and ancient Greeks, used specially selected mold and plant materials and extracts to treat infections. More recent observations made in the laboratory of antibiosis between microorganisms led to the discovery of natural antibacterials produced by microorganisms. Louis Pasteur observed, "if we could intervene in the antagonism observed between some bacteria, it would offer perhaps the greatest hopes for therapeutics". The term 'antibiosis', meaning "against life", was introduced by the French bacteriologist Jean Paul Vuillemin as a descriptive name of the phenomenon exhibited by these early antibacterial drugs. Antibiosis was first described in 1877 in bacteria when Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch observed that an airborne bacillus could inhibit the growth of Bacillus anthracis. These drugs were later renamed antibiotics by Selman Waksman, an American microbiologist, in 1942. Synthetic antibiotic chemotherapy as a science and development of antibacterials began in Germany with Paul Ehrlich in the late 1880s. Ehrlich noted certain dyes would color human, animal, or bacterial cells, whereas others did not. He then proposed the idea that it might be possible to create chemicals that would act as a selective drug that would bind to and kill bacteria without harming the human host. After screening hundreds of dyes against various organisms, in 1907, he discovered a medicinally useful drug, the synthetic antibacterial salvarsan now called arsphenamine.

question: What methods did people use before antibiotics to treat infections? 

answer: medicinal folklore

question: When were some kinds of antimicrobials first used? 

answer: over 2000 years ago

question: What type of things did Egyptians and Greeks use? 

answer: mold and plant materials and extracts

question: What does antibiosis mean? 

answer: against life

question: Who came up with the term antibiosis? 

answer: Jean Paul Vuillemin
Title: Antibiotics
Context: The effects of some types of mold on infection had been noticed many times over the course of history (see: History of penicillin). In 1928, Alexander Fleming noticed the same effect in a Petri dish, where a number of disease-causing bacteria were killed by a fungus of the genus Penicillium. Fleming postulated that the effect is mediated by an antibacterial compound he named penicillin, and that its antibacterial properties could be exploited for chemotherapy. He initially characterized some of its biological properties, and attempted to use a crude preparation to treat some infections, but he was unable to pursue its further development without the aid of trained chemists.

question: What type of organism has been reported to have worked on infections? 

answer: mold

question: Who noticed in a lab the antibacterial characteristics of mold? 

answer: Alexander Fleming

question: What mold did Fleming notice had antibacterial properties? 

answer: penicillin

question: What did Fleming initially think a good use would be for it? 

answer: chemotherapy
Title: Antibiotics
Context: The first sulfonamide and first commercially available antibacterial, Prontosil, was developed by a research team led by Gerhard Domagk in 1932 at the Bayer Laboratories of the IG Farben conglomerate in Germany. Domagk received the 1939 Nobel Prize for Medicine for his efforts. Prontosil had a relatively broad effect against Gram-positive cocci, but not against enterobacteria. Research was stimulated apace by its success. The discovery and development of this sulfonamide drug opened the era of antibacterials.

question: What was the first available antibiotic? 

answer: Prontosil

question: What company developed Prontosil? 

answer: IG Farben

question: Who led the team that came up with Prontosil? 

answer: Gerhard Domagk

question: What prize did Domagk get for his work? 

answer: 1939 Nobel Prize for Medicine
Title: Antibiotics
Context: In 1939, coinciding with the start of World War II, Rene Dubos reported the discovery of the first naturally derived antibiotic, tyrothricin, a compound of 20% gramicidin and 80% tyrocidine, from B. brevis. It was one of the first commercially manufactured antibiotics universally and was very effective in treating wounds and ulcers during World War II. Gramicidin, however, could not be used systemically because of toxicity. Tyrocidine also proved too toxic for systemic usage. Research results obtained during that period were not shared between the Axis and the Allied powers during the war.

question: What was the first antibiotic developed from nature? 

answer: tyrothricin

question: When was tyrothricin created? 

answer: 1939

question: What also happened in 1939 besides tyrothricin? 

answer: start of World War II,

question: Who discovered tyrothricin? 

answer: Rene Dubos

question: What was tyrothricin used for during the war? 

answer: wounds and ulcers
Title: Antibiotics
Context: Florey and Chain succeeded in purifying the first penicillin, penicillin G, in 1942, but it did not become widely available outside the Allied military before 1945. Later, Norman Heatley developed the back extraction technique for efficiently purifying penicillin in bulk. The chemical structure of penicillin was determined by Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin in 1945. Purified penicillin displayed potent antibacterial activity against a wide range of bacteria and had low toxicity in humans. Furthermore, its activity was not inhibited by biological constituents such as pus, unlike the synthetic sulfonamides. The discovery of such a powerful antibiotic was unprecedented, and the development of penicillin led to renewed interest in the search for antibiotic compounds with similar efficacy and safety. For their successful development of penicillin, which Fleming had accidentally discovered but could not develop himself, as a therapeutic drug, Ernst Chain and Howard Florey shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in Medicine with Fleming. Florey credited Dubos with pioneering the approach of deliberately and systematically searching for antibacterial compounds, which had led to the discovery of gramicidin and had revived Florey's research in penicillin.

question: When was penicillin G first purified? 

answer: 1942

question: When did penicillin G become available outside of military use? 

answer: 1945

question: Who came up with a way to quickly produce penicillin? 

answer: Norman Heatley

question: When was the chemical make-up of penicillin discovered? 

answer: 1945

question: Who discovered the chemical structure of penicillin? 

answer: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin
Title: Antibiotics
Context: Vaccines rely on immune modulation or augmentation. Vaccination either excites or reinforces the immune competence of a host to ward off infection, leading to the activation of macrophages, the production of antibodies, inflammation, and other classic immune reactions. Antibacterial vaccines have been responsible for a drastic reduction in global bacterial diseases. Vaccines made from attenuated whole cells or lysates have been replaced largely by less reactogenic, cell-free vaccines consisting of purified components, including capsular polysaccharides and their conjugates, to protein carriers, as well as inactivated toxins (toxoids) and proteins.

question: What do vaccines need to work? 

answer: immune modulation or augmentation

question: What type of vaccines have saved millions of lives? 

answer: Antibacterial vaccines

question: What types of vaccines have been phased out? 

answer: Vaccines made from attenuated whole cells or lysates