Multi-drug Resistant Tuberculosis — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: Tube and Agar dilution method are _____ methods to test antibiotic sensitivity.

Answer: dilution

Flashcard 2: E-test (epsilometer) method is a  _____ method to test antibiotic sensitivity.

Answer: diffusion and dilution

Flashcard 3: Resistance to cephalosporins and aztreonam is typically accomplished by _____ that are encoded on plasmids

Answer: Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamases (ESBL)

Flashcard 4: The disc diffusion method for antibiotic susceptibility testing is applied in the _____ method.

Answer: Kirby Bauer

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: Community acquired MRSA is _____drug resistant and more virulent

Answer: mono

Flashcard 8: Resistance in MRSA is mediated by _____ gene which is coded on the chromosome

Answer: mecA

Flashcard 9: _____ agar is used in Kirby-Bauer s disc diffusion method of antibiotic sensitivity testing.

Answer: Mueller-Hinton

Flashcard 10: Gene Xpert identifies mutations in the _____ gene to detect rifampicin resistance

Answer: rpoB