A microorganism that can use ready-made folic acid from its environment and no longer needs to synthesize it from the PABA precursor demonstrates an example of what type of antimicrobial resistance mechanism
A) Alteration of an enzyme
B) Alteration of targets
C) Development of enzymes
D) Alteration of a metabolic pathway
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Q13: Selective toxicity:
A)harms the microbes without significantly harming
Q14: Polypeptide antibiotics that act as detergents and
Q15: Antibiotics inhibit bacterial protein synthesis:
A)by disrupting cell
Q16: Which of following is NOT a way
Q17: Antibiotics that bind to RNA polymerase_.
A)act as
Q19: Paul Ehrlich:
A)coined the term chemotherapy
B)discovered salvarsan in
Q20: Any chemical substance used in medical practice
Q21: Antimetabolites include all of the following except:
A)trimethoprin
B)isoniazid
C)nitrofurantoin
D)sulfanilamide
Q22: The ideal antimicrobial agent:
A)should be soluble in
Q23: A decreased efficacy of an antimicrobial agent
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