Please Select the FALSE Statement Regarding Antibiotic Resistance

question 18

Multiple Choice

Please select the FALSE statement regarding antibiotic resistance.

• A) Modifications in the penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) prevent β-lactam antibiotics from binding to them.
• B) Some antibiotic-inactivating enzymes have an extended spectrum and confer resistance to a wide variety of antibiotics.
• C) Changes in the porin proteins can prevent certain antimicrobials from entering a cell's periplasm or cytoplasm.
• D) The bacterial enzyme chloramphenicol acetyltransferase confers resistance to the penicillins.
• E) Bacteria that produce efflux pumps sometimes become resistant to several different antimicrobials simultaneously.

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