Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae — Flashcards

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

Answer: Transformation

Flashcard 2: Gene Xpert identifies mutations in the _____ gene to detect rifampicin resistance

Answer: rpoB

Flashcard 3: Burkholderia cepacia is resistant to _____ gen. cephalosporins, aminoglycosides, polymyxin and carboxypenicillins

Answer: first and second

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

Answer: M. abscessus

Flashcard 5: Enterococcus faecium is _____ common and more likely to be resistant to vancomycin (more or less)

Answer: less

Flashcard 6: _____ can alter its peptidoglycan to D-ala-D-lac, conferring resistance to Vancomycin

Answer: Enterococcus spp. (VRE)

Flashcard 7: _____ genes are responsible for FQ resistance

Answer: gyrA and gyrB

Extra: 

Flashcard 8: _____ gene from vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus to S. aureus is an example of transposition.

Answer: VanA

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

Answer: mono

Flashcard 10: Resistance in MRSA is mediated by _____ gene which is coded on the chromosome

Answer: mecA