1/ Module 2 UTA exam with complete
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Drug resistant bacteria (seven listed)
-E.faecium
-Staph aureus
-Enterbacter,
-Klebsiella
-Pseudo aeruginosa
-Acine baumannii
-C. diff
Four basic actions of bacterial drug resistance
•Decrease the concentration of a drug at its site of action
•Inactivate a drug
•Alter the structure of
drug target molecules
•Produce a drug antagonist
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Spontaneous mutation
•Random changes in a microbe's DNA
•Resistance to one drug
Conjugation in bacteria
•Extrachromosomal DNA is transferred from one bacterium to another
•Gram-negative bacteria