Mechanisms of Antimicrobial Resistance — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: _____ is the molecular basis of penicillin G resistance in pneumococci and meningococci.

Answer: Transformation

Flashcard 2: _____ gene from vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus to S. aureus is an example of transposition.

Answer: VanA

Flashcard 3: The disc diffusion method for antibiotic susceptibility testing is applied in the _____ method.

Answer: Kirby Bauer

Flashcard 4: Which mycobacterium species is innately resistant to Rifampin?_____

Answer: M. abscessus

Flashcard 5: _____ resistance occurs in Enterococcus spp. (VRE) via amino acid modification of D-Ala-D-Ala to D-Ala-D-Lac.

Answer: Vancomycin

Flashcard 6: When a subset of the total microbial population is resistant, despite the total microbial population being susceptible on testing, the phenomenon is called as?  _____

Answer: Heteroresistance

Flashcard 7: _____ can alter its peptidoglycan to D-ala-D-lac, conferring resistance to Vancomycin

Answer: Enterococcus spp. (VRE)

Flashcard 8: _____ genes are responsible for FQ resistance

Answer: gyrA and gyrB

Extra: 

Flashcard 9: Community acquired MRSA is _____drug resistant and more virulent

Answer: mono