Global Surveillance of Resistance — Flashcards

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

Answer: Transformation

Flashcard 2: The disc diffusion method for antibiotic susceptibility testing is applied in the _____ method.

Answer: Kirby Bauer

Flashcard 3: Community acquired MRSA is _____drug resistant and more virulent

Answer: mono

Flashcard 4: Enterococcus faecium is _____ common and more likely to be resistant to vancomycin (more or less)

Answer: less

Flashcard 5: _____ genes are responsible for FQ resistance

Answer: gyrA and gyrB

Extra: 

Flashcard 6: _____ gene from vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus to S. aureus is an example of transposition.

Answer: VanA

Flashcard 7: Resistance in MRSA is mediated by _____ gene which is coded on the chromosome

Answer: mecA

Flashcard 8: _____ agar is used in Kirby-Bauer s disc diffusion method of antibiotic sensitivity testing.

Answer: Mueller-Hinton

Flashcard 9: Gene Xpert identifies mutations in the _____ gene to detect rifampicin resistance

Answer: rpoB