Exam 13: Antimicrobial Therapy

Describe three mechanisms for antibiotic resistance. If exposure to antibiotics does not induce drug-resistant mutations to occur,why do we see so many more drug-resistant strains today?

Resistance of a microorganism to an antibiotic

The sulfonamide antibiotics kill bacteria by

Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched with antibiotic and its target?

Examples of antiviral agents include all of the following agents except

Describe the targets or action for 3 of the following: antifungal agents,antiviral agents,antiprotozoan agents and antihelminthic agents.

Destruction or inactivation of antimicrobial agents is an example of what kind of bacterial resistance mechanism?

Which of the following is not considered a mode of action by antimicrobial agents?

Imidazoles and triazoles are antimicrobial agents that are effective:

A special group of chemical substances that are used to treat diseases caused by microbes:

Rifamicin

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?

Chloramphenicol,a bacteriostatic antimicrobial agent,is an inhibitor of: