
Please select the False statement regarding antibiotic resistance.
A) Modifications in the penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) prevent β-lactam antibiotics from binding to them.
B) Some antibiotic-inactivating enzymes have an extended spectrum and confer resistance to a wide variety of antibiotics.
C) Changes in the porin proteins can prevent certain antimicrobials from entering a cell's periplasm or cytoplasm.
D) The bacterial enzyme chloramphenicol acetyltransferase confers resistance to the penicillins.
E) Bacteria that produce efflux pumps sometimes become resistant to several different antimicrobials simultaneously.
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