E. Mechanisms Of Drug Resistance

Question 0

Name the six mechanisms of drug resistance

Answer 0

1. Drug inactivating mechanisms
2. Decreased drug permeability
3. Change of drug receptors
4. Change in metabolic patterns
5. Change in the antibiotic binding site of target area
6. Natural selection

Question 1

Example of drug inactivating mechanisms

Answer 1

Beta lactamase

Question 2

4 things humans have done to create super bacteria

Answer 2

1. Overuse / over prescribed
2. Once we get better stop taking antibiotic
3. Doctors prescribing broad spectrum antibiotics
4. Overuse in agriculture