Which of the Following Is/are True of Antibiotic Usage and the Development

question 71

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is/are true of antibiotic usage and the development of antibiotic resistance?

• A)Antibiotics cause mutations (antibiotics are mutagens), thus resulting in increasingly resistant bacterial populations.
• B)Antibiotics increase the rate of bacterial transformation, conjugation, and transduction, and thus increase the spread of antibiotic resistance.
• C)Antibiotics cause R-plasmids to form and cause their transfer, spreading antibiotic resistance.
• D)Antibiotics select for resistant mutants and bacteria possessing R-plasmids, increasing their frequency in the population.
• E)All of these choices are correct.