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1. A superinfection will most likely occur from taking and antibiotic that
A. targets translation.
B. is of the beta-lactam class.
C. is static.
2. Which of the following is a mechanism by which acquired resistance can occur?
A. mutation of an antibiotic target
B. using a pump to remove antibiotic from the cytoplasm
C. producing an enzyme that metabolizes the antibiotic
D. all of the answers are correct
3. Antimicrobials that are effective against a wide variety of microbial types are termed
A. antibiotics
B. narrow-spectrum drugs
C. semi-synthetic drugs
D. synthetic drugs
E. broad-spectrum drugs
1. C. is static.
Bacteriostatic antibiotics cause the inhibition of the bacteria and do not kills them. This gives them the chance to mutate and causes resistant strains leading to superinfection.
2. Acquired resistance of antibiotics occurs when a type of bacteria changes in a way that protects it from the antibiotic. This can occur through a new genetic change called mutation that helps the bacterium survive.
3. E. broad-spectrum drugs
broad-spectrum antibiotics are effective against a broad range of bacteria or microbes like ampicillin, tetracyclines etc.