Please Read the Clinical Scenario, and Then Answer the Question

question 40

Multiple Choice

Please read the clinical scenario, and then answer the question that follow to become familiar with the traditional NCLEX question format.
As a triage nurse in the ER, you begin the assessment of an elderly patient complaining of bloody diarrhea and severe stomach cramps. You find the patient has a fever of 104oF as well, and is showing signs of dehydration. IV fluids are administered while further analysis of the patient continues.
-Based upon the information you have received from the laboratory,you inform the patient of his condition.In doing so,you tell him that this infection may be difficult to treat with antibiotics.Which part of the cell envelope restricts the passage of many of these drugs into gram-negative bacteria?

• A)peptidoglycan
• B)cell membrane
• C)outer membrane layer
• D)lipopolysaccharides

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