Mechanisms That Mediate Intrinsic Antibiotic Resistance Include All the Following

question 26

Multiple Choice

Mechanisms that mediate intrinsic antibiotic resistance include all the following EXCEPT:

• A) Cell-wall impermeability
• B) Biofilm formation
• C) Expression of genes mediating inactivating enzymes
• D) Alternate biosynthetic pathways

---

Definitions:

Phagocytosis

The cellular process where cells, particularly immune cells, engulf and digest particulate matter like bacteria or cellular debris.

Fusion Inhibitors

A class of antiretroviral drugs used to block the fusion of the HIV virus with host cells, preventing the virus from entering and infecting the cells.

T Cells

A type of white blood cell that plays a central role in the immune response by attacking infected or cancerous cells.

Nucleoside Reverse

Nucleoside Reverse is related to nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors, which are antiviral drugs that inhibit reverse transcriptase, a viral DNA polymerase important for replication in viruses like HIV.